Lachnagrostis meionectes
(Vickery)S.W.L.Jacobs. Telopea 9:446(2001).
Classification. (GPWG 2001) : Subfamily Pooideae. Tribe Poeae.
Basionym and/or
Replacement Name: Agrostis
meionectes Vickery, Contr. New
South Wales Natl. Herb. 4(1): 12 (1966).
Type of Basionym or
Protologue Information: Australia: New South Wales: Lake Cootapatamna,
Kosciusko, 6800 ft, in moist places, amongst Plantago, 24 Jan 1951, Johnson
& Constable s.n. (NSW-15995).
Key references
(books and floras): [2002] D.Sharp & B.K.Simon, AusGrass, Grasses of
Australia,
[2008] S.W.L.Jacobs, R.D.B.Walley & D.J.B.Wheeler, Grasses of New South
Wales (290), [2009] A.Wilson (ed.). Flora of Australia, Vol 44A. Poaceae 2
(183).
Illustrations:
[2008] S.W.L.Jacobs, R.D.B.Whalley & D.J.B.Wheeler, Grasses of New South
Wales, 4th edn (290).
Habit. Annual.
Culms erect, stature slender to delicate, 20 cm tall, 3 -noded. Ligule an
eciliate membrane, 1.5–5 mm long, lacerate, acute or acuminate. Leaf-blades
flat or conduplicate, 6 cm long, 0.4–1.8 mm wide.
Inflorescence. Inflorescence
compound, a panicle. Panicle 2–6(–10) cm long.
Spikelets.
Fertile spikelets 1-flowered, comprising 1 fertile floret(s), 2–3.5 mm long.
Florets.
Fertile lemma 2–2.5 mm long. Lemma surface indumented. Lemma apex erose or
dentate, muticous or awned. Median (principal) awn dorsal. Palea present.
Anthers 3.
Australian
Distribution: New South Wales, Victoria.
New South Wales: Southern Tablelands.
Victoria:
Snowfields.
Notes. Endemic. In
highland areas of N.S.W. S from Cooma and Vic. Occasional in alpine and
subalpine grasslands and heaths, often in moist, mossy sites. Flowers Dec.-Mar.
