Citation: C.E. Hubb., Kew Bull. 1934:110 (1934).

Synonymy: Saccharum repens Willd., Sp. Pl. 1:322 (1797).

Common name: Red Natal grass.

Description:
Tufted annual or perennial, glabrous or with long often tubercle-based hairs; stems often geniculate and often rooting at the lower nodes, 25-150 cm high; leaves often flat, 5-30 cm long, 2-10 mm broad.

Panicle 5-20 cm long; spikelets on pedicels to 1 cm long, laterally compressed, 2.5-6 mm long, white- to reddish-hairy; awns to 4 mm long.

Published illustration: Cunningham et al. (1982) Plants of western New South Wales, p. 137.

Distribution:    All mainland States. Conservation status: naturalised Flowering time: May — Aug.

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

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