Aristida warburgii Mez APNI*
Description: Compact tufted perennial to 1.2 m high; culms compressed or the upper internodes terete, simple, few-noded, erect or sprawling.
Leaves with sheath glabrous; ligule < 0.5 mm long; blade conduplicate-involute, bristly, 1–2 mm wide, minutely scabrous.
Panicle contracted, loose, interrupted, to 20 cm long, branches few. Glumes linear to ovate, 7–18 mm long, unequal, both acute to acuminate. Lemma linear-elliptic, 7–12 mm long, sparsely scabrous near the apex or smooth, brown and usually with purple markings; column twisted, 5–17 mm long; awns dissimilar, middle sharply recurved to divergent, 17–45 mm long.
Flowering: summer.
Distribution and occurrence: Widespread on sandy soils and rocky ridges.
NSW subdivisions: NC, CC, SC, NT, CT, NWS
Other Australian states: Qld
Text by S. W. L. Jacobs & S. M. Hastings 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.
|