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Eragrostis falcata (Gaudich.) Gaudich. ex Steud.
Family Poaceae
Common name: Sickle Lovegrass

Eragrostis falcata (Gaudich.) Gaudich. ex Steud. APNI*

Description: Tufted rhizomatous, sometimes stoloniferous, perennial to 0.4 m high; base usually swollen, thickened with cataphylls, cataphylls glabrous or woolly with hairs to 1 mm long.

Leaves with sheath with tubercle-based hairs to 2 mm long; orifice silky or with occasional hairs to 3 mm long; ligule a ciliate rim with hairs to 0.5 mm long; blade rolled, to 1 mm wide, smooth or sometimes with tubercle-based hairs to 1.5 mm long.

Inflorescence open, 2–13 cm long, to 0.7 cm wide; pedicels to 5 mm long. Spikelets 5–24 mm long, to 1 mm wide, florets 8–40; rachilla persistent with lemmas deciduous, paleas persistent. Glumes c. 1 mm long, obtuse to acute, keeled, smooth, glabrous. Lemmas 1–2 mm long, acute to emarginate, keeled, smooth, glabrous; keel sometimes scabrous. Palea equal to lemma.


Flowering: Flowers in response to rain.

Distribution and occurrence:

Grows in sandy areas.
NSW subdivisions: CWS, NWP, NFWP, SFWP
Other Australian states: Qld W.A. S.A. N.T.
AVH map***

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


APNI* Provides a link to the Australian Plant Name Index (hosted by the Australian National Botanic Gardens) for comprehensive bibliographic data
***The AVH map option provides a detailed interactive Australia wide distribution map drawn from collections held by all major Australian herbaria participating in the Australian Virtual Herbarium project.
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