Citation: Link, Hort. bot. Berol. 1:147 (1827).

Synonymy: Festuca ciliata Pers., Syn. Pl. 1:94 (1805). , Festuca danthonii Asch. & Graebn., Vulpia ciliata

Common name: Fringed rescue.

Description:
Slender annual, to 45 cm high; leaf blades setaceous.

Panicle sheathed at the base by the uppermost leaves, 6-20 cm long; spikelets 3-7-flowered; first glume c. 0.5 mm long, the second 2-3 mm long; lemmas c. 6 mm long, with long cilia on the margins and an awn 8-10 mm long.

Distribution:  S.Aust.: EP, MU, SL, SE.   Vic.   Native to the Mediterranean. Conservation status: naturalised Flowering time: Oct. — Dec.

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

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