Moorochloa eruciformis (Sm.) Veldkamp APNI* Synonyms: Brachiaria eruciformis (Sm.) Griseb. APNI*
Description: Decumbent to prostrate stoloniferous annual to 60 cm high.
Leaves with ligule a row of hairs 0.75 mm long; blade to 4.5 cm long, to 5.5 mm wide, pubescent with tubercle-based hairs or glabrous.
Inflorescence at length long exserted, erect, 2–7.5 cm long with 2–12 lateral branches; main axis flattened or triquetrous, glabrous or scabrous on the angles; pedicels c. 1 mm long. Spikelets elliptic to lanceolate, c. 2.5 mm long, 1 mm broad. Lower glume < 0.5 mm long, encircling the base of the spikelet, truncate with an acute apex, 1-nerved, glabrous, membranous; upper glume 5-nerved, sparsely pubescent. Lower lemma similar to the upper glume, 2-keeled; palea thinly membranous, subequalling the spikelet, acute, empty. Fertile lemma 1.75 mm long, elliptic, obtuse, smooth, shining, glabrous; the palea equat to the lemma though slightly narrower.
Flowering: summer.
Distribution and occurrence: Native to Africa and Mediterranean. Weed on disturbed ground.
NSW subdivisions: *NWS
Other Australian states: *Qld
Text by Jacobs, S.W.L., Whalley, R.D.B. & Wheeler, D.J.B.
Taxon concept: Grasses of New South Wales, Fourth Edition (2008).
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