Citation: Runem., Hereditas 70:156 (1972).

Synonymy: Triticum elongatum Host, lc. Descr. Gram. Aust. 2:18 (1802); Agropyron elongatum (Host) Host ex P. Beauv., Agrost. 102 (1812); Elytrigia elongata (Host)Nevski, Acta Inst. Bot. Acad. Sci. URSS ser. 1, fasc. 1:23 (1933); Lopho-

Common name: Tall wheat-grass.

Description:
Glabrous tufted perennial, 60-100 cm or more high, without creeping rhizomes; stems fairly robust; leaf blades flat or rolled in, with a few short or long and robust hairs.

Spike narrow, 10-25 cm long, rhachis not disarticulating, spikelets not usually densely arranged, 7-13-flowered, lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, 10-25 mm long; rhachilla not disarticulating; glumes one-quarter to one-half of the length of the spikelet, lanceolate, awnless, 5-11-veined; lemma 9-13 mm long, conspicuously veined, notched, awnless.

Distribution:    N.S.W. Conservation status: naturalised Flowering time: not available.

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

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