Citation: Parodi, Rev. Fac. Agron. Vet. 4:47 (1922).

Synonymy: Panicum aequiglume Hackel & Arech., An. Mus. nac. Montevideo 1:113 (1894).

Common name: None

Description:
Annuals, with erect or geniculate culms, sometimes rooting at the lower nodes, 20-40 cm high; leaf blades linear, acuminate, 4-8 cm long, 2-3 mm broad, glabrous or finely pubescent; ligule truncate or jagged.

Particle of 3-5 digitate or c. 5-8 cm long racemes; spikelets in pairs, 1 on a very short pedicel and the other on a pedicel 4-6 times as long, 3-3.5 mm long, lanceolate, acuminate, light-green; first glume 0; second glume and first (sterile) lemma equal, 5-nerved, pubescent between the nerves and on the margin; fertile floret a little shorter.

Distribution:    N.S.W.   Native to South America. Conservation status: naturalised Flowering time: Feb. — April.

SA Distribution Map based on current data relating to specimens held in the State Herbarium of South Australia

Biology: No text

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