Leptochloa divaricatissima S.T.Blake APNI* 
Description: Perennial to c. 1 m high.
Leaves with ligule membranous 1–3 mm long, rarely to 7 mm long, usually obtuse, erose; blade flat, rolled or folded when dry, to 0.4 cm wide, scabrous.
Inflorescence of racemes on a primary axis, 30–60 cm long, to 30 cm wide, axils glabrous; racemes rigid, divaricate, 4–25 cm long, to 0.3 cm wide, 1-sided, rachis scabrous. Spikelets 3–5 mm long, distant from one another, rarely overlapping, 3–6 florets; pedicels to 2 mm long, appressed, scabrous. Glumes unequal, keel scabrous, lower 1–2 mm long, upper 2–3 mm long. Lemma 1–3 mm long, upper lemmas successively smaller, apex 2-toothed with a mucro to 1 mm long, 1-keeled, 3-nerved, lower half of nerves pilose with hairs < 0.25 mm long. Palea shorter than lemma, 2-keeled; keels ciliate.
Flowering: in response to flooding.
Distribution and occurrence: Grows in areas subject to occasional flooding.
NSW subdivisions: NWS, NWP
Other Australian states: Qld
Text by S. W. L. Jacobs & K. L. McClay
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 4 (1993)
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