- Common Name: Mosman River Gress
- Type: Herb, Grass, Annual or Perennial. Stolons absent.
- 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: culms 10-90 cm
- Species List: Grass book, Botany 07, Batianoff, Girraween, AH Collection, Weeds
Cultural Notes
Native of north and central America. Native of Africa and India (Kleinschmidt)
Identification Notes
Inflorescence is a Terminal Spike-like Panicle, the component spikelets of which are surrounded by a burr-like Involucre of barbed spines.
Inflorescence solid, a spikelike Panicle (bearing clusters of spikelets), Linear, interrupted (or lax), 2–10 cm long. Primary Panicle branches accrescent to a central Axis, with Sessile scars on Axis. Panicle Axis angular, bearing Deciduous Spikelet clusters.
Landscaping Notes
CONTROL METHODS:
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