Paspalidium clementii (Domin) C.E.Hubb. APNI* Synonyms: Setaria clementii (Domin) R.D.Webster APNI*
Description: Tufted annual to 0.6 m high.
Leaves with sheath glabrous; ligule ciliate, c. 5 mm long; blade flat, 3–4.5 mm wide, lightly scaberulous.
Panicle 3–25 cm long, spikelets irregularly arranged, bristle shorter than to longer than the uppermost spikelet. Spikelets 1.8–2.2 mm long, obtuse, glabrous. Lower glume 50–75% as long as the spikelet, usually acute, 3-nerved; upper usually acute, 3-nerved, a little shorter than the spikelet. Lower lemma sterile, obtuse, 5–7-nerved; palea absent. Upper lemma elliptic, as long as the spikelet, minutely apiculate, finely rugulose, obscurely nerved or nerveless, very convex on the back with the sides embracing the palea.
Flowering: in reponse to rain.
Distribution and occurrence: Grows on steep slopes of inland ranges.
NSW subdivisions: NFWP
Other Australian states: Qld W.A. S.A. N.T.
Text by S. W. L. Jacobs & C. A. Wall
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 4 (1993)
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