Anthoxanthum
Taxonomic status
Accepted
Occurrence status
Present
Establishment means
Introduced
Tufted or shortly rhizomatous annuals or perennials, commonly coumarin-scented. Leaf-blades flat; ligules membranous. Inflorescence a condensed panicle; glumes 2, very unequal, the lower 1-nerved, the upper 3-nerved and longer than florets. Spikelets 3-flowered, the fertile, membranous 5–7-nerved lemma subtended by 2 longer, firmer, dorsally awned, 3-nerved sterile ones, falling together; palea 1-nerved, shorter than fertile lemma.
20 species of temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere, but widely naturalised; 2 in Australia and Victoria.
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: Daniel
Ohlsen,
29 Jun. 2017
Spinning
genus
Anthoxanthum
