Sp. Pl. 80 (1753) APNI
Taxonomic status:Accepted
Occurrence status:Present
Establishment means:Naturalised
Culms erect, to 150 cm high. Leaves glabrous; blade finely scabrous, to 45 cm long and 15 mm wide; ligule membranous, to 6 mm long. Inflorescence a spreading, open panicle to 40 cm long and 20 cm wide. Spikelets 2–3-flowered, drooping; glumes lanceolate, 18–25 mm long, 7–9-nerved; lemma lanceolate, 14–22 mm long (including the 2–4 apical teeth to 1 mm long), silky-hairy in lower half, rarely almost glabrous; awn 25–40 mm long, inserted about halfway up lemma; palea slightly shorter than lemma. Florets falling separately from each other at maturity. Flowers Sep.–Dec
*Brid, *CVU, *DunT, *EGU, *GipP, *Glep, *Gold, *GGr, *HFE, *HNF, *HSF, *LoM, *MuF, *MuM, *NIS, *OtP, *OtR, *RobP, *Strz, *VAlp, *VRiv, *VVP, *WaP, *Wim. Naturalised in all States. Native to southern Europe, but naturalised throughout much of the world. A common weed of cereal crops, roadsides and areas where hay is stored or has been spread, but relatively uncommon in the east, north-east and south-west.
Bioregion | Occurrence status | Establishment means | |
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Lowan Mallee | present | naturalised | |
Murray 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 | naturalised | |
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 | naturalised | |
Dundas Tablelands | present | naturalised | |
Northern Inland Slopes | present | naturalised | |
East Gippsland Uplands | present | naturalised | |
Highlands-Southern Fall | present | naturalised | |
Highlands-Northern Fall | present | naturalised | |
Otway Ranges | present | naturalised | |
Strzelecki Ranges | present | naturalised | |
Highlands-Far East | present | naturalised | |
Victorian Alps | present | naturalised |
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Western Australia |
Northern Territory |
South Australia |
Queensland |
New South Wales |
Australian Capital Territory |
Victoria |
Tasmania |