Poa labillardierei
Steud.Tufted leafy perennial, culms erect, terete, rarely somewhat compressed below the panicle, to 130 cm high. Leaves scabrous; blade variably scabrous on the outer surface, scabrous pubescent on the inner surface; ligule truncate, firmly membranous, c. 0.5 mm long. Inflorescence an open pyramidal panicle, to 25 cm long and 15 cm wide. Spikelets mostly 3–5-flowered, 4–8 mm long, green or purplish; glumes 3-nerved (or the lower occasionally 1-nerved), the upper usually slightly longer than lower, mostly c. three-quarters as long as the lowest lemma; lemma 5-nerved, rather narrow (2.5–)c. 3(–4.5) mm long, usually hairy along the lower part of the keel and lateral nerves, occasionally sparsely hairy on the lower internerves or rarely, entirely glabrous; web usually strongly developed.
LoM, MuM, Wim, GleP, Brid, VVP, VRiv, RobP, MuF, GipP, OtP, WaP, Gold, CVU, GGr, DunT, NIS, EGL, EGU, WPro, HSF, HNF, OtR, Strz, MonT, HFE, VAlp.
2 named varieties are present in Victoria, but the variation contained within the species as currently recognised suggests further entities could be recognised.
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.
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