Citation: Roemer & Schultes, Syst. Veg. 2:360 (1817).

Synonymy: A. scabra R. Br., Prod. Fl. Nov. Holl. 172 (1810).

Common name: Bent, bent-grass.

Description:
Scabrous annuals, 60-80 cm high; leaf blades flat, linear, 3.5-5 mm broad; ligule 1-3 mm long, obtuse.

Panicle very spreading, 20-25 cm long, with verticillate branches; rhachis and branches of panicle scabrous; glumes c. 2.5 mm long, scabrous on the keels and sides; lemmas glabrous, shortly 4-toothed, 5-nerved, sometimes with a short hair-like awn attached below the apex; palea slightly shorter than the lemma.

Distribution:    ?Vic.; Tas. Conservation status: native Flowering time: Dec.

SA Distribution Map based on current data relating to specimens held in the State Herbarium of South Australia

Biology: No text

Taxonomic notes: Considered by some authors to be synonymous with A. aequata.

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