Neurachne minor S. T. Blake. Contr. Queensland Herb. 13: 12 (1972).
Classification. (GPWG 2001) : Subfamily Panicoideae. Neurachneae.
Type of Basionym or
Protologue Information: Carnegie in Australia occidentali, Bennett 221
(HT: PERTH; IT: BRI-129040).
Key references
(books and floras): [2002] D.Sharp & B.K.Simon, AusGrass, Grasses of
Australia.
Habit.
Perennial. Rhizomes present, short. Culms erect, 13–25 cm tall, 2–4 -noded.
Mid-culm nodes pubescent or bearded. Leaf-sheaths smooth, glabrous on surface.
Ligule a fringe of hairs, 0.4–0.8 mm long. Leaf-blades triangular or linear,
flat or involute, 3–10 cm long, 0.5–2.5 mm wide. Leaf-blade surface smooth,
indumented.
Inflorescence.
Inflorescence solid, a raceme. Panicle ovate, 0.6–1.5 cm long.
Spikelets.
Spikelets pedicelled. Fertile spikelets 2-flowered, the lower floret barren
(rarely male), the upper fertile, comprising 1 basal sterile florets,
comprising 1 fertile floret(s), without rachilla extension, lanceolate or
ovate, dorsally compressed, 5.5–8 mm long.
Glumes. Glumes
dissimilar, firmer than fertile lemma. Lower glume lanceolate, chartaceous,
much thinner on margins, without keels, 5 -nerved. Lower glume surface
indumented. Lower glume apex awned. Upper glume elliptic, 5.5–8 mm long,
chartaceous or cartilaginous, 11–13 -nerved. Upper glume surface indumented. Florets.
Basal sterile florets 1, barren, without significant palea. Lemma of lower
sterile floret 70 % of length of spikelet, membranous, 7 -nerved.
Fertile lemma 3.7–5.6
mm long, without keel. Palea without keels. Anthers 3.
Continental
Distribution: Australasia.
Australian
Distribution: Western Australia.
Western Australia:
Carnegie, Ashburton, Austin. Dale,
Eyre, Avon, Coolgardie.
Notes. In acacia shrublands and arid hummock grasslands. Flowers
sporadically throughout the year.
