Fl. Petrop. 16 (1799) APNI
Taxonomic status:Accepted
Occurrence status:Present
Establishment means:Naturalised
Tufted annual or short-lived perennial, culms decumbent, geniculately ascending, or, rarely, erect, occasionally rooting at lower nodes, to 60 cm long. Leaves glabrous, virtually smooth; blade to 15 cm long and 1–3(–5) mm wide; ligule obtuse to acute, membranous, 1–5 mm long. Inflorescence a spike-like panicle, 2–6 cm long, 3–6 mm wide; glumes 1.5–3.5 mm long, obtuse, hyaline at apex, connate only at base, hairy along keel only or with short scattered hairs along sides; lemma subequal to or shortly exceeding glumes, obtuse, glabrous, shining brown at maturity, margins united for a third to half their length; awn 1–2 mm long, straight, inserted in the upper half of the lemma, exceeding glumes by up to 1 mm if at all; palea absent. Anthers 0.6–1.5 mm long. Flowers Sep.–Mar.
*DunT, *GipP, *Glep, *HSF, *LoM, *MonT, *MuF, *MuM, *MSB, *NIS, *RobP, *VRiv, *Wim. Also naturalised in SA, NSW (far south-west). Native to most of Europe, Asia, North America. Occurs in swampy situations or along irrigation channels predominantly in the north-west, but with an isolated record from a farm dam near Wulgulmerang in the east.
Often coextensive with A. geniculatus.
Bioregion | Occurrence status | Establishment means | |
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Lowan Mallee | present | naturalised | |
Murray Mallee | present | naturalised | |
Wimmera | present | naturalised | |
Glenelg Plain | present | introduced | |
Victorian Riverina | present | naturalised | |
Murray Scroll Belt | present | introduced | |
Robinvale Plains | present | naturalised | |
Murray Fans | present | naturalised | |
Gippsland Plain | present | naturalised | |
Dundas Tablelands | present | introduced | |
Northern Inland Slopes | present | introduced | |
Highlands-Southern Fall | present | naturalised | |
Monaro Tablelands | present | naturalised |
State |
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South Australia |
New South Wales |
Australian Capital Territory |
Victoria |