Citation: L., Sp. Pl. 58 (1753).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: Witch-grass.

Description:
Tufted annual, stems usually erect, 20-80 cm high; leaf blades 5-15 mm broad, hispid with tubercle-seated hairs on both surfaces.

Panicle dense and diffuse, often half the length of the entire plant, the base included in the upper leaf sheaths until maturity, the branches finally divaricately spreading, the whole panicle breaking away; spikelets 2-2.5 mm long; first glume ovate, almost half the length of the spikelet, 3-nerved; second glume 5-7-nerved, acute or acuminate; second (fertile) lemma broadly ellipsoid, smooth and shining (description from C.A. Gardner (1952) Flora of Western Australia 1).

Distribution:    W.Aust.; N.S.W.; Vic.   Native to North America. Conservation status: naturalised Flowering time: Jan. — March.

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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