Citation: Rydb., Bull. Torrey bot. Club 36:538 (1909).

Synonymy: Festuca megalura Nutt., Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad. new ser. 1:188 (1848); V. myuros (L.)C. Gmelin forma megalura (Nutt.) Stace & Cotton, Warsonia 11:72 (1976).

Common name: Fox-tail rescue.

Description:
Erect slender annual usually less than 40 cm high; leaf blades setaceous.

Panicle 5-20 cm long, not bristly; first glume 0.5-2 mm long, the second 3-7 mm long; lemmas with cilia confined to the apical third of the margin of at least the uppermost lemmas.

Distribution:    All States except the N.T.   Native to the Mediterranean, but an early introduction to North America from where it was described. Conservation status: naturalised Flowering time: Aug. — Nov.

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

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