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Family: Poaceae
Sporobolus mitchellii

Citation: C.E. Hubb. ex S.T. Blake, Pap. Dep. Biol. Univ. Qld 1, 18:22 (1941).

Synonymy: Vilfa mitchellii Trin., Mt~m. Acad. Sci. St Petersb., sér. 6, sci. math. phys. & nat. 6, 2:Bot. 53 (1840); S. virginicus (L.) Kunth var. pallidus Benth., Fl. Aust. 7:621 (1878); S. benthamii Bailey, Bot. Bull. Dept Agric. Qld 13:16 (1896). , Vilfia mitchellii

Common name: Rats-tail couch, short rats-tail grass.

Description:
Perennial, with erect or flexuous stems, 30-50 cm high; leaf blades subulate or flattened, sometimes spreading-erect and rigid.

Panicle spike-like, pale, 3-12 cm long, 3-5 mm thick; glumes subequal, the first slightly shorter, the second c. 2.5 mm long and equalling the lemma which is faintly 3-nerved.

Published illustration: Cunningham et al. (1982) Plants of western New South Wales, p. 142; Lazarides (1970) The grasses of Central Australia, pl. 68d.

Distribution:  S.Aust.: LE, GT, MU, SL, SE.   All mainland States.

Conservation status: native

Flowering time: Nov. — April.


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