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Family: Poaceae
Poa meionectes

Citation: Vick., Contr. N.S.W. natn. Herb. 4:250 (1972).

Synonymy: P. exilis Vick., Contr. N.S.W. natn. Herb. 4:212 (1970), nom. illegit.

Common name: None

Description:
Tufted perennial; culms 10-60cm high; leaf blades fine, inrolled, finely scabrous.

Panicle delicate, 1-10 (rarely 15) cm long, loosely spreading, the branches filiform, bearing few spikelets; spikelets green or purplish, 3-5-flowered, rather small, compressed; glumes 1.5-2 mm long; lemmas 5-nerved, 2-3.5 mm long, glabrous or minutely hairy on the keel; web usually absent.

Distribution:  S.Aust.: SE.   N.S.W.; Vic.

Conservation status: native

Flowering time: Sept. — Nov.


SA Distribution Map based
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State Herbarium of South Australia

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