Sporobolus blakei De Nardi ex B.K.Simon APNI* Description: Erect tufted perennials to c. 80 cm tall. Ligule to 0.3 mm long, a fringe of hairs; blade to 2 mm wide.
Inflorescence to 32 cm long, of irregular spicate appressed main branches; branches solitary to whorled, bearing spikelets along their whole length, as long or longer than the adjaceant internode; pedicels 0.7–0.9 mm long. Spikelets 1.5–1.8 mm long. Glumes membranous; lower 0.6–0.7 mm long, obtuse (frequently torn), nerveless; upper glume 0.9–1.1 mm long, at least 50% spikelet length, obtuse, 1-nerved. Lemma 0.9–1.1 mm long, narrowly truncate, 1-nerved; palea 0.8–1 mm long, subequal to the lemma, 2-nerved, obtuse.
Distribution and occurrence: Grows throughout the arid zone near ephemerally moist places such as creek banks and depressions; a resurrection grass.
NSW subdivisions: NFWP
Other Australian states: Qld W.A. S.A. N.T.
Text by S.W.L. Jacobs (2004)
Taxon concept: D.J.B. Wheeler, S.W.L. Jacobs & R.D.B.Whalley (2002)
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