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Walwhalleya pungens (Wills & J.J.Bruhl) Wills & J.J.Bruhl
Family Poaceae
Walwhalleya pungens (Wills & J.J.Bruhl) Wills & J.J.Bruhl APNI*

Description: Stoloniferous perennials to c. 50 cm tall.

Culms sparingly to copiously branched. Sheaths glabrous; auricles absent; ligule membranous, 0.7–1.9 mm long, erose or entire; blade involute, 1.9–3 mm wide, glabrous, scabrous, with a pungent tip.

Inflorescence fully exserted at maturity, main axis 3–30 cm long; primary branches spreading; secondary branches spreading; spikelets 1–6 on a primary branch, loosely arranged but more towards the ends of branches. Spikelets 3–3.7 mm long. Lower glume 60–90% spikelet length, 2–2.3 mm long, 3–5(–7)-nerved, acute; upper glume 2.9–3.5 mm long, 7—9-nerved, acute. Lower lemma 2.8–3.3 mm long, sterile, 7–9-nerved; palea vestigial, cleft. Fertile lemma 2.5–2.9 mm long, indurate, rounded on the back, apiculate; palea notched at the apex, with a shallow depression near tip.


Distribution and occurrence:

Grows in woodlands on soils derived from serpentinite.
NSW subdivisions: NWS
Other Australian states: Qld
AVH map***

Text by Jacobs, S.W.L., Whalley, R.D.B. & Wheeler, D.J.B.
Taxon concept: Grasses of New South Wales, Fourth Edition (2008).


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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