Amer. J. Bot. 18: 413 (1931) APNI
Taxonomic status:Accepted
Occurrence status:Present
Establishment means:Native
Tufted perennial; culms to 1.5 m high. Leaves glabrous, smooth or slightly scabrous; blade flat or loosely inrolled, to 40 cm long, 2–5 mm wide; ligule acute, 6–11 mm long. Inflorescence a slender, rather dense, erect, often purplish panicle, to 20 cm long. Spikelets 4–6-flowered, 7–11 mm long (excluding awns); glumes acute, often purplish, the lower 1–3-nerved, 3.5–5.5 mm long, the upper 3–5-nerved, 4–5.5 mm long; lemma 4–5.2 mm long, densely hispid with short, semi-appressed bristles, apical teeth 4, more or less equal, 0.4–1.2 mm long, dark purplish; awn 9–18 mm long, inserted 35–50% of the lemma length from the apex, column not strongly twisting, 3–5.5 mm long; palea slightly shorter than lemma. Flowers Nov.–Jan.
DunT, EGL, GipP, Glep, GGr, HSF, OtP, Strz, VVP, WaP. Also SA, Tas. Occurs in swamps across southern Victoria, but commonest in the south-west.
Bioregion | Occurrence status | Establishment means | |
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Glenelg Plain | present | native | |
Victorian Volcanic Plain | present | native | |
Gippsland Plain | present | native | |
Otway Plain | present | native | |
Warrnambool Plain | present | native | |
Greater Grampians | present | native | |
Dundas Tablelands | present | native | |
East Gippsland Lowlands | present | native | |
Highlands-Southern Fall | present | native | |
Strzelecki Ranges | present | native |
State |
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Western Australia |
South Australia |
New South Wales |
Victoria |
Tasmania |