Parapholis strigosa* (Dum.) C.E.Hubb. Blumea
Suppl. 3: 14 (1946).
Classification. (GPWG 2001) : Subfamily Pooideae.
Basionym and/or
Replacement Name: Lepturus
strigosus Dumort., Observ. Gramin. Belg. 146 (823) [1824].
Type of Basionym or
Protologue Information: Belgium.
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 (320), [2009] A.Wilson (ed.). Flora of Australia,
Vol 44A. Poaceae 2 (349).
Illustrations:
[2008] S.W.L.Jacobs, R.D.B.Whalley & D.J.B.Wheeler, Grasses of New South
Wales, 4th edn (320), [2009]. A.Wilson (ed.), Flora of Australia 44A:
Poaceae 2 (350, Fig. 47).
Habit. Annual.
Culms geniculately ascending, 5–48 cm tall. Ligule an eciliate membrane, 0.3–1
mm long. Leaf-blades 1–12.5 cm long, 0.4–2.5 mm wide. Leaf-blade surface
scaberulous.
Inflorescence.
Inflorescence solid, a raceme. Racemes 1, straight, smoothly terete, 1–20 cm
long. Rhachis fragile at the nodes.
Spikelets.
Spikelets sessile. Fertile spikelets 1-flowered, comprising 1 fertile
floret(s), without rachilla extension, oblong, laterally compressed, 3–7 mm
long.
Glumes. Glumes
similar, firmer than fertile lemma. Lower glume lanceolate, coriaceous, without
keels, 3–5 -nerved. Upper glume lanceolate, 3–7 mm long, coriaceous, without
keels, 3–5 -nerved.
Florets.
Fertile lemma 2.5–5.5 mm long, without keel, 1–3 -nerved. Anthers 3.
Continental
Distribution: Europe, Africa, Australasia, and North America.
Australian
Distribution: New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania.
New South Wales:
South-Western Plains. Victoria: East Gippsland, Gippsland Plain, Lowan
Mallee, Murray Mallee, Otway Plain, Wilsons Promontory, Riverina, Volcanic
Plain, Wannon. Tasmania: North West, North East.
Notes.
Introduced. Native to the coasts of western Europe and the Mediterranean.
Usually on coastal dunes and saltmarshes. Flowers Sept.-Jan. Fruits Feb. ?.
