Citation: Ohwi & Yab. in Ohwi, Acta Phytotax.& Geobot. Kyoto 20:50 (1962)

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: Japanese millet.

Description:
Annual, 19-50 cm high; leaf blades to 20 cm long, 8-12 mm broad; ligule 0.

Inflorescence contracted, 6-7 cm long, 1.5-2 cm broad, not or scarcely fully exserted, with 8-10 racemes; spikelets crowded in about 4 rows on one side of the rhachis of the erect-spreading racemes, c. 3 mm long; first glume 5-nerved, less than half the length of the spikelet, second glume 5-nerved; first lemma 5-nerved, sometimes awned, second (fertile) lemma longer than the second glume. (Description from 2 specimens in AD).

Distribution:    Qld; N.S.W.   Native to Asia. Conservation status: naturalised Flowering time: Feb. — March.

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

Biology: No text

Author: Not yet available