Sp. Pl. 77 (1753) APNI
Taxonomic status:Accepted
Occurrence status:Present
Establishment means:Naturalised
Slender, few-leaved annual, culms erect, to 80 cm high. Leaves softly hairy; sheath often with decurved hairs; blade flat, to 12 cm long and 6 mm wide; ligule pubescent on abxial surface, shortly toothed, c. 1 mm long. Inflorescence a rather dense, narrowly ovate to linear panicle, to 10 cm long, pedicels mostly shorter than spikelets. Spikelets plump, (4–)6–10(–13)-flowered, lanceolate, 12–18 mm long (excluding awns), usually covered with soft hairs, rarely glabrous; lower glume 3-nerved, 4.5–7 mm long, upper glume 5-nerved, 5.5–8 mm long; lemma 7.5–10 mm long (excluding the awn), membranous, blunt at apex and with a notch c. 1 mm deep; awn erect to slightly spreading, 4–11mm long, inserted at the base of the notch. Flowers Oct.–Jan.
*Brid, *CVU, *DunT, *EGL, *EGU, *GipP, *Glep, *Gold, *GGr, *HNF, *HSF, *LoM, *MonT, *MuF, *MuM, *NIS, *OtP, *OtR, *SnM, *Strz, *VAlp, *VRiv, *VVP, *WaP, *Wim. Naturalised in all States except NT. Also widely naturalised in other countries (e.g. North and South America, New Zealand); native to most of Europe. Occurs in most habitats following disturbance but uncommon in areas of high rainfall away from cultivated land. A common component of pasture and hay.
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 | |
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 Lowlands | 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 | |
Monaro Tablelands | present | naturalised | |
Victorian Alps | present | naturalised | |
Snowy Mountains | present | naturalised |
State |
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Western Australia |
South Australia |
Queensland |
New South Wales |
Australian Capital Territory |
Victoria |
Tasmania |