Citation: C.E. Hubb., Kew Bull. 1954:375 (1954).

Synonymy: Lachnagrostis phleoides Nees & Meyen, Nova Acta Phys.Med. Acad. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 19, supp. 1:146 (1843); G. ventricosum sensu J. Black, Fl. S. Aust. 99 (1943), non (Gouan) Schinz & Thell.

Common name: Nit-grass.

Description:
Glabrous annual, with slender stems to 50 cm high; leaf blades narrow, rough on the edges; ligule lanceolate.

Panicle silvery, spike-like, 4-10 cm long, 5-8 mm broad, tapering at each end; spikelets 1-flowered; first glume 5-6 mm long, the second c. 4.5 mm long; lemma much shorter (c. 1.25 mm), pubescent, usually with a short fine awn rising from below the toothed summit.

Published illustration: Gardner (1952) Flora of Western Australia 1:pl. 45.

Distribution:  Weed of disturbed land. S.Aust.: FR, EP, NL, MU, SL, KI, SE.   W.Aust.; N.S.W.; Vic.   Native to Europe and North Africa. Conservation status: naturalised Flowering time: mainly Nov. — Feb.

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

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