Family: Poaceae
Festuca littoralis
Citation:
Labill., Nov. Holl. Pl. Sp. 1:22 (1805).
Synonymy: -Schedonorus littoralis (Labill.)P. Beauv., Agrost. 99 (1812).
Common name: Coast fescue.
Description:
Leaves erect, subulate, straw-coloured, rigid, pungent, often exceeding the panicle.
Panicle narrow, almost spike-like, 6-10 cm long, straw-coloured; spikelets few, on short pedicels, flat, erect, 14-16 mm long, 4-6-flowered; glumes 9-12 mm long, sub-5-nerved; lemma 10-12 mm long, shortly mucronate, scabrous on the keel, sub-7-nerved, the nerves equidistant, shortly ciliate towards the base; palea as long, ciliate on the 2 nerves; lodicules lanceolate.
Published illustration:
Burbidge (1970) Australian grasses 3:pl. 57.
Distribution:
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Occurs most frequently on sand near the sea. Not of pastoral importance.
All States except the N.T. and Qld.
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Conservation status:
native
Flowering time: Aug. — Feb.
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SA Distribution Map based
on current data relating to
specimens held in the
State Herbarium of South Australia
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Biology:
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Author:
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