Common name: Redtop Bent
Agrostis gigantea Roth APNI* 
Description: Erect, rhizomatous, tufted perennial to 1 m high; culms 4–6-noded.
Leaves with sheath shallowly grooved, split; ligule obtuse, laciniate, 1.5–6 mm long; blade flat, acute to attenuate, 1–8 mm wide.
Panicle oblong, loose during flowering, to 30 cm long. Spikelets c. 2 mm long. Glumes lanceolate, acute to acuminate, lower glume slightly longer. Lemma truncate to minutely toothed, 1.5–2 mm long, awnless or rarely minutely awned. Palea c.50% the length of the lemma.
Flowering: spring–summer.
Distribution and occurrence: Grows near water. Native of Eur., Asia & N Amer.
NSW subdivisions: *CC, *SC, *NT, *CT, *ST, *LHI
Other Australian states: *Qld *Vic. *Tas. *W.A. *S.A.
Text by S.W.L. Jacobs & S.M. Hastings
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 4 (1993)
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