in Dony, Fl. Bedfordsh. 437 (1953) APNI
Taxonomic status:Accepted
Occurrence status:Present
Establishment means:Naturalised
Culms rigid, erect or spreading, to 30 cm long. Leaves glabrous; blade 1–10 cm long, 1–2.5 mm wide, pointed at apex, scabrous on lower surface toward the apex and along margins, scabrous along nerves of upper surface; ligule blunt, 0.5–3 mm long. Inflorescence a linear to narrowly ovate, one-sided panicle, 1–8 cm long. Spikelets oblong or narrowly ovate 4–7 mm long, 4–10-flowered; lower glume 1.3–2 mm long, upper glume 1.5–2.3 mm long; lemma 2–2.6 mm long, dorsally rounded for the entire length or slightly keeled toward the apex, not incurved, more or less oblong in side-view, barely 1 mm broad when flattened out. Flowers Oct.–Jan.
*Brid, *CVU, *EGL, *EGU, *GipP, *Glep, *Gold, *GGr, *HSF, *LoM, *MuF, *MuM, *NIS, *OtP, *OtR, *Strz, *VRiv, *VVP, *WaP, *WPro, *Wim. Also naturalised in WA, SA, NSW, Tas., the Americas, southern Africa. Native to western and southern Europe, northern Africa, western Asia. In Victoria, locally common on dry sandy soils, chiefly near the coast, but also occurring on inland sites, particularly those prone to slight salination. .
Bioregion | Occurrence status | Establishment means | |
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Lowan Mallee | present | naturalised | |
Murray Mallee | present | introduced | |
Wimmera | present | naturalised | |
Glenelg Plain | present | naturalised | |
Bridgewater | present | naturalised | |
Victorian Volcanic Plain | present | naturalised | |
Victorian Riverina | present | introduced | |
Murray Fans | present | naturalised | |
Gippsland Plain | present | naturalised | |
Otway Plain | present | naturalised | |
Warrnambool Plain | present | naturalised | |
Goldfields | present | naturalised | |
Central Victorian Uplands | present | naturalised | |
Greater Grampians | present | introduced | |
Northern Inland Slopes | present | naturalised | |
East Gippsland Lowlands | present | introduced | |
East Gippsland Uplands | present | naturalised | |
Wilsons Promontory | present | naturalised | |
Highlands-Southern Fall | present | naturalised | |
Otway Ranges | present | naturalised | |
Strzelecki Ranges | present | naturalised |
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Western Australia |
South Australia |
New South Wales |
Australian Capital Territory |
Victoria |
Tasmania |