Panicum schinzii Hack. APNI* Synonyms: Panicum laevifolium Hack. var. laevifolium APNI*
Description: Tufted annual to 0.8 m high.
Leaves with sheath glabrous or sometimes the lower with tubercle-based hairs; ligule membranous below, ciliate above, 1–2 mm long; blade 2–10 mm wide, glabrous.
Panicle lax, open, 15–30 cm long, pedicels 4–8 mm long. Spikelets oblong, obtuse, 2.2–2.5 mm long. Lower glume obtuse to acuminate, 10–25% the length of the spikelet, nerveless or 1-nerved; upper as long as the spikelet, 7–9-nerved. Lower lemma male, similar to the upper glume, 7–9-nerved; palea subequal to the lemma. Upper lemma elliptic-oblong, c. 2 mm long, minutely apiculate, smooth, shining, faintly 5–7-nerved.
Flowering: summer.
Distribution and occurrence: A pasture species, also common on disturbed ground. Native of Afr.
NSW subdivisions: *NC, *CC, *NT, *CT, *ST, *NWS, *SWS, *SWP
Other Australian states: *W.A. *S.A.
Text by S. W. L. Jacobs & C. A. Wall
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 4 (1993)
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