Family: Poaceae
Triodia lanigera
Citation:
Domin, J. Linn. Soc. (Bot.) 41:278 (1912).
Synonymy: Not Applicable Common name: None
Description:
Tussocks usually hemispherical or pyramidal; leaf blades glabrous, usually 60-90 cm long, the sheaths woolly-tomentose especially around the orifice, becoming glabrous with age.
Panicles open, c. 8-12 cm long, 1-2 cm broad; spikelets 6-8-flowered, ovate or oblong, 10-13 mm long; glumes 7-12 mm long, 9-12-nerved; lemmas 5-12 mm long, softly pubescent at the base, the 3-5-nerved lobes longer than the horny body, the 2 lateral ones acuminate and pubescent, the central one acuminate, ciliolate, softy pubescent and longer.
Published illustration:
Burbidge (1953) Aust. J. Bot. 1:fig. 9b.
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Conservation status:
native
Flowering time: June and Sept.
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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:
The S.Aust. specimens have rather small spikelets.
Author:
Not yet available
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