Citation: Schultes f. ex Schultes & Schultes f., Syst. Veg. 7:1374 (1830) var. maxima Stapf, Fl. Capens. 7:681 (1900). Pyp grass.

Synonymy: Aira villosa L.f., Suppl. 109 (1782), partly. , Ehrharta villosa

Common name: None

Description:
Perennial, often with a robust creeping rhizome; culms to 120 cm high; leaf blades flat or rolled, to 4 mm broad.

Inflorescence a narrow panicle or a raceme 4-20 cm long, often 1-sided; spikelets 12-15 mm long; glumes more than half to almost as long as the spikelet, about equal, glabrous or slightly hairy, straw-coloured; sterile lemmas about equal, both long and softly hairy and bearded at the base, both awned; fertile lemma slightly shorter than the sterile lemmas; palea hyaline; stamens 6.

Distribution:  S.Aust.: EP, MU, YP, SL, SE.   W.Aust.; Vic.   Native southern Africa. Conservation status: naturalised Flowering time: have been recorded from Nov. — Jan.

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

Biology: No text

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