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Electronic Flora of South Australia species Fact Sheet

Family: Poaceae
Agrostis aequata

Citation: Nees, Hook. Lond. J. Bot. 2:412 (1843).

Synonymy: Deveuxia aequata (Nees)Benth., Fl. Aust. 7:578 (1878); Calamogrostis aequata (Nees)J. Black, Fl. S. Aust. 70 (1,922).

Common name: None

Description:
Annuals, 60-70 cm high; leaf blades narrow, flat, 1.5-2.5 mm broad; ligule 2-3 mm long, obtuse or laciniate, scabrous.

Panicle loose, 15-25 cm long, with spreading capillary branches, the lower whorled, the upper in pairs; rhachis and branches of panicle more or less scabrous; spikelets c. 2 mm long; glumes barely c. 2 mm long, scabrous on the keels; lemmas shorter, truncate, glabrous, with 5 very short teeth and no awn; tuft a quarter as long as the lemma; bristle short, plumose; palea as long as the lemma.

Distribution:    Vic.; Tas.

Conservation status: native

Flowering time: Feb. — March.


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Biology: No text

Taxonomic notes: Considered by some authors to be a synonym for A. rudis.

Author: Not yet available


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