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.
Conservation status:
native
Flowering time: Feb. — March.
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Biology:
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Taxonomic notes:
Considered by some authors to be a synonym for A. rudis.
Author:
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