Rostraria
Taxonomic status
Accepted
Occurrence status
Present
Establishment means
Introduced
Tufted annuals. Leaf-blades flat; ligules membranous. Inflorescence a panicle. Spikelets laterally compressed, with 2–6 bisexual florets which fall separately; glumes 2, keeled, equal or unequal, the lower 1–3-nerved, the upper 3-nerved, shorter than the spikelet, persistent; lemmas 3–5-nerved, bifid, keeled, with a straight to slightly curved awn near the apex; palea shorter than lemma, bifid at apex.
Source:
Walsh, N.G. (1994). Poaceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., Flora of Victoria Vol. 2, Ferns and Allied Plants, Conifers and Monocotyledons, pp. 356–627. Inkata Press, Melbourne.
Updated by: Val
Stajsic,
20 Dec. 2019
Spinning
genus
Rostraria
