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Brachypodium distachyon (L.) P.Beauv.
Family Poaceae
Common name: False Brome

Brachypodium distachyon (L.) P.Beauv. APNI*

Description: Erect, loosely tufted annual to 0.5 m high with conspicuously hairy nodes; culms geniculate.

Leaves with ligule to 2 mm long, membranous; blade short, to 3 mm wide, scabrous.

Inflorescence erect, 2–4 cm long. Spikelets 1–6 per raceme, slightly compressed, 20–40 mm long (including awn); florets 7–15, bisexual. Glumes shorter than the lemma, 1 mm long, unequal, lower 5–7-nerved, upper 7–9-nerved. Lemmas oblong to oblong-lanceolate, 7-nerved, fertile ones glabrous or sparingly hairy, with a straight or curved, terminal awn longer than the lemmas. Palea with 2 stiffly ciliate keels and 2 or more nerves.


Flowering: spring.

Distribution and occurrence: Uncommon, in disturbed areas. Native of Medit.
NSW subdivisions: *CC, *SWS
Other Australian states: *Vic. *Tas. *W.A. *S.A.
AVH map***

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


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