Citation: L., Sp. Pl. 83 (1753).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: Drake, darnel.

Description:
Annual to 125 cm; leaf blades to 24 cm x 10 mm, scabridulous particularly at the apex and margins above, glabrous to slightly scabridulous below.

Spike 5-35 cm; rhachis rigid and thickened, to 3 mm diam.; spikelets 8-28 x 3-8 mm, with 4-12 fertile and 0-2 rudimentary florets; glumes lanceolate, as long as or longer than the spikelet; lemma with an awn to 18 mm or awnless; mature caryopsis 4-6 mm long, being about 2 or 3 times as long as broad.

Conservation status: naturalised Flowering time: No flowering time is available

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

Biology: No text

Author: Not yet available