Family: Poaceae
Piptatherum miliaceum
Citation:
Cosson, Not. Pl. Crit. s&. 2, fasc. 3:129 (1851).
Synonymy: Agrostis miliacea L., Sp. Pl. 61 (1753); Oryzopsis miliacea (L.)Benth. & Hook. f. ex Asch. & Schweinf., Mém.lnst. Egypt. 2:169 (1887).
, Achnatherum miliaceum, Milium multiflorum, Piptatherum multiflorum Common name: Rice millet, many-flowered millet.
Description:
Glabrous perennial; culms leafy, to 1 m high; leaves flat and glossy, 4-7 mm broad and to 30 cm long.
Panicle widely open with numerous verticillate branches, 30-40 cm long; spikelets 4-5 mm long (including the awn); glumes about equal, c. 3 mm long, acuminate, often purple; lemma less than 2 mm long (excluding the awn), apically notched, forming a hard shiny sheath round the fruit, bearing an apical deciduous more or less straight awn 3-4 mm long.
Published illustration:
Burbidge (1970) Australian grasses 3:pl. 13.
Distribution:
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S.Aust.: NU, FR, EP, NL, MU, YP, SL, KI, SE. All States except Qld. New Zealand; U.S.A.; native to the Mediterranean.
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Conservation status:
naturalised
Flowering time: have been recorded through most of the year but most frequently during summer and autumn.
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SA Distribution Map based
on current data relating to
specimens held in the
State Herbarium of South Australia
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Biology:
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Author:
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