- Pronunciation: meg-ah-THIGH-ragh MAX-ee-mus
- Common Name: Guinea Grass, Green Panic
- Type: Herb, Grass, Perennial
- Family: Poaceae
- Status: Weed This introduced Plant has escaped into local bushland. Without natural predators to keep it in check, it is out-competing native Species.
- Size: to 3 metres
- Flowers: large spreading open Panicle up to 50 cm long with many fine branches,often in whorls on main Stem.
- Fruit: seeds 3 mm long, purple in colour.
- Species List: Cooloothin Corner, Banana, Grass book, Girraween, Mill Point, Botany 07, Batianoff, Cranks Creek, Wallace Park, Lake Cooroibah, Heritage Park, weeds,
Identification Notes
tussocks, clump-forming, narrow finely-pointed Leaves to 70 cm, 1-2 cm wide with prominent keeled midrib.
Landscaping Notes
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