Flora of Victoria

Strongly tufted, with culms to c. 1 m high. Vegetative shoots compressed. Leaf-blades to 50 cm long and 12 mm wide, scabrous to shortly pubescent; ligules blunt, 2–12 mm long. Panicle oblong to ovate, 2–30 cm long, the branches spreading in one plane or remaining erect, the lower branches to 20 cm long. Spikelets 5–9 mm long; glumes membranous, smooth, or scabrous along the keel, 3–7 mm long; lemmas firm, 4–7 mm long, scabrous or ciliate along keel toward apex, usually with an apical mucro or short awn to 1.5 mm long. Flowers Nov.–Jan.

*Brid, *CVU, *DunT, *EGL, *EGU, *GipP, *Glep, *Gold, *GGr, *HNF, *HSF, *LoM, *MonT, *MuF, *NIS, *OtP, *OtR, *RobP, *SnM, *Strz, *VAlp, *VRiv, *VVP, *WaP, *WPro, *Wim. Naturalized in all States except NT. Indigenous to Europe, northern Africa, temperate Asia. A common roadside and pastoral weed in cooler parts of the State, often utilized as a rough hay grass. Uncommon to rare in the drier north of the State. .

Source: Walsh, N.G. (1994). Poaceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J. (eds), Flora of Victoria Vol. 2, Ferns and Allied Plants, Conifers and Monocotyledons. Inkata Press, Melbourne.

life Life

kingdom Plantae

phylum Tracheophyta

class Magnoliopsida

superorder Lilianae

order Poales

family Poaceae

genus Dactylis

Higher taxa

species Dactylis glomerata L.

Victoria

**Source:** AVH (2014). *Australia's Virtual Herbarium*, Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria, <http://avh.chah.org.au>. Find Dactylis glomerata in AVH ; *Victorian Biodiversity Atlas*, © The State of Victoria, Department of Environment and Primary Industries (published Dec. 2014) Find Dactylis glomerata in Victorian Biodiversity Atlas

Bioregion	Occurrence status	Establishment means
Lowan Mallee	present	naturalised
Wimmera	present	naturalised
Glenelg Plain	present	naturalised
Bridgewater	present	naturalised
Victorian Volcanic Plain	present	naturalised
Victorian Riverina	present	naturalised
Robinvale Plains	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
Dundas Tablelands	present	naturalised
Northern Inland Slopes	present	naturalised
East Gippsland Lowlands	present	naturalised
East Gippsland Uplands	present	naturalised
Wilsons Promontory	present	naturalised
Highlands-Southern Fall	present	naturalised
Highlands-Northern Fall	present	naturalised
Otway Ranges	present	naturalised
Strzelecki Ranges	present	naturalised
Monaro Tablelands	present	naturalised
Victorian Alps	present	naturalised
Snowy Mountains	present	naturalised

Bioregions of Victoria

State distribution

State
Western Australia
South Australia
Queensland
New South Wales
Australian Capital Territory
Victoria
Tasmania

Dactylis glomerata L.

Cocksfoot

Victoria

State distribution