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Perennial, strongly stoloniferous | *D. australe (NSW WA QLD) |
| Annual, usually tufted, sometimes also rooted from lower nodes giving a semi-prostrate appearence |
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| 2. | Spikes 4.5-9 cm long; anthers 1.5-2.5 mm long | *D. giganteum (QLD) |
| Spikes 0.5-5 cm long; anthers less than 1 mm long | 3 | |
| 3. | Plants caespitose, spikes to 4mm long | D. buchananensis (QLD) |
| Plants decumbent or stoloniferous, spikes at least 1cm long |
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| 4. | Spikes up to 1.5cm long; spikelets c. 4 mm long | D. radulans (NSW VIC NT SA WA QLD) |
| Spikes 1-5cm long; spikelets 2.5-3 mm long | *D. aegyptium (NSW NT SA WA QLD) |
Key to Dactyloctenium derived from Tothill & Hacker 1983; Nightingale & Weiller 2005
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