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Identification history
| Eragrostis leptostachya | 16 Apr 2023 | Grassman | ||
| Eragrostis cilianensis | 9 May 2020 | natureguy | ||
| Unidentified | 23 Apr 2020 | natureguy |
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8 comments
natureguy
wrote:
9 May 2020
I have suggested a grass species to draw this sighting to the attention of the moderators (previously "Unidentified Plant").
michaelb
wrote:
9 May 2020
Hi Luke
It doesn't look like Eragrostis cilianensis. But I don't know what it is, so I left it in the hope that someone else might know.
It doesn't look like Eragrostis cilianensis. But I don't know what it is, so I left it in the hope that someone else might know.
Illilanga
wrote:
9 May 2020
Poa annua? Wild guess. Looking at NSW DPI Grasses of NSW Tablelands (p128).
Grassman
wrote:
16 Apr 2023
This is a hard one, as it appears to be a very sick and spindly plant that looks like it has grown horizontal and then sent up vertical shoots. Also only 1 flowerhead has fully emerged. Although it looks like an annual, it could also be a very young perennial which is flowering due to stress. I'd suggest Eragrostis leptostachya. Main reasons for this ID, are the yellow glands below the spikelets, short scattered hairs at the sheath orifice and widely-angled (in the only flowerhead fully emerged) leaden-green spikelets. Spikelets appear the to align with the length (3-8 mm long) and no of florets (4-12) of E. leptostachya
natureguy
wrote:
16 Apr 2023
Thanks, I collected a specimen that was put into the herbarium so perhaps they will have a conclusive ID.
Sighting information
- 1 - 3 Abundance
- 30 Mar 2020 09:15 PM Recorded on
- natureguy Recorded by
Additional information
- True In flower
- Less than 10cm Plant height
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