Common name: Native Millet
Panicum decompositum R.Br. APNI* Synonyms: Panicum decompositum var. tenuius Bailey APNI*
Panicum decompositum var. tenuius F.M.Bailey APNI*
Panicum decompositum var. tenuius Bailey APNI*
Description: Densely tufted perennial to c. 1 m high with extravaginal innovations.
Leaves with sheath mostly smooth and glabrous; ligule membranous below, ciliate above, c. 2 mm long; blade 3–9.5 mm wide, sometimes sprinkled with long hairs.
Panicle to 40 cm long. Spikelets 2.5–3.5 mm long, glabrous. Lower glume truncate or with a short median point, c. 20–30% the length of the spikelet, nerveless or 1-nerved; upper the shape and size of the spikelet, 5–7-nerved. Lower lemma sterile, similar to the upper glume and 7–9-nerved, palea c. 50–90% as long as the lemma. Upper lemma broad-elliptic, 1.8–2.3 mm long, smooth, shining, at length with prominently paler nerves, usually 7-nerved with a beak-like apex.
Flowering: summer.
Distribution and occurrence: Widespread on good soils.
NSW subdivisions: NC, CC, CT, NWS, CWS, SWS, NWP, SWP, NFWP, SFWP
Other Australian states: Qld Vic. W.A. S.A. N.T.
Text by S. W. L. Jacobs & C. A. Wall (1993)
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 4 (1993)
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