Citation: L., Amoen. Acad. 4:264 (1755).

Synonymy: P. stenoptera Hackel, Reprium Nov. Spec. Regni veg. 5:333 (1908); P. tuberosa L. var. stenoptera (Hackel) A.S. Hitchc., J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 24:292 (1934). , Phalaris canariensis

Common name: Phalaris, Toowoomba canary-grass.

Description:
Glabrous perennial, to 50 cm or more high, with erect culms.

Panicle cylindrical, dense, somewhat tapered towards the ends and sometimes broader below, 5-12 cm long; spikelets 6-7 mm long; glumes subequal, 3-nerved, the lateral nerves prominent, the keel produced into a wing; sterile lemmas subequal, to one-third the length of the glumes; fertile lemma appressed-silky hairy.

Published illustration: Cunningham et al. (1982) Plants of western New South Wales, p. 130.

Distribution:  S.Aust.: FR, EP, NL, MU, SL, KI, SE.   All States except the N.T. and Tas.   Native to the Mediterranean. Cultivated and naturalised in many countries. Conservation status: naturalised Flowering time: Nov. — Jan.

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

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