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Arrhenatherum elatius (L.) P.Beauv. ex J.Presl & C.Presl var. elatius Family Poaceae
Common name: False Oatgrass

Arrhenatherum elatius var. elatius (L.) P.Beauv. ex J.Presl & C.Presl APNI*

Description: Loosely tufted perennial to 1.5 m high; culms erect or slightly spreading.

Leaves with sheath smooth, or hairy at the nodes; ligule 1–3 mm long; blade 2–10 mm wide, sparsely pubescent and minutely scabrous on the margins.

Panicle lanceolate to oblong, erect or nodding, loose or rather dense, 10–30 cm long. Spikelets oblong or gaping, 2–4-flowered, 7–11 mm long. Glumes acute, the lower 1-nerved, shorter than the upper, the upper 3-nerved. Lemmas 7–10 mm long, usually hairy at the base, rounded on the back, firm except for the translucent margins, 5–9-nerved. Palea 2-keeled, narrow, hairy on the keels. A weed of natural or man-made grasslands. Native of Eur. & Asia.


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Distribution and occurrence:
NSW subdivisions: *NC, *CC, *SC, *NT, *ST, *CWS
Other Australian states: *Qld *Vic. *Tas. *S.A.
AVH map***

Text by S. W. L. Jacobs & S. M. Hastings
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 4 (1993)


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