Piptatherum miliaceum
1 Rice Millet, Many-flowered Millet Grass at Palmerston, ACT
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| Piptatherum miliaceum | MichaelMulvaney | 7 Apr 2021 | |
| Piptatherum miliaceum | MichaelBedingfield | 25 Mar 2021 | |
| Piptatherum milliaceum | walter | 24 Mar 2021 |
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Significant sighting
MichaelBedingfield noted:
8 Apr 2021
The first record of this grass for Canberra Nature Map. We are quite interested in grasses which can be hard to photograph and don't get as much attention as some other plants.
User's notes
I think this is Piptatherum milliaceum (Rice Millet or Smilo Grass)
The spikelet has a single floret. In young panicles the straight awn of the lemma is shed very easily so is not evident in the older panicles.
It is reported to be naturalised in SE Australia but is not common in the ACT.
This plant was apparently brought in to its present locality with soil that was dumped behind the houses at the edge of Palmerston ACT
5 comments
25 Mar 2021
Hi Walter, would you be able to take a specimen or part of the plant to the ANBG for verification?
25 Mar 2021
Hi Michael
Certainly.
Thanks for correcting my spelling. Funny that "millet" has 2 l's but only one in "miliaceum" ?
Certainly.
Thanks for correcting my spelling. Funny that "millet" has 2 l's but only one in "miliaceum" ?
7 Apr 2021
Hi Michael
I received this email from Dave Albrecht at the ANBG today.
Albrecht, Dave (NCMI, Black Mountain)
3:25 PM (1 hour ago)
to me
Hello Walter,
You are indeed correct with your identification of the Piptatherum miliaceum specimen. We would like to retain the specimen as there are relatively few records for the ACT. Unfortunately I could not find the record on CNM. If possible can you provide coordinates and an indication of abundance at the site?
Thanks.
All the best,
Dave
David Albrecht
Plant Identification and Liaison Officer | Australian National Herbarium
Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research
National Research Collections Australia
CSIRO
I received this email from Dave Albrecht at the ANBG today.
Albrecht, Dave (NCMI, Black Mountain)
3:25 PM (1 hour ago)
to me
Hello Walter,
You are indeed correct with your identification of the Piptatherum miliaceum specimen. We would like to retain the specimen as there are relatively few records for the ACT. Unfortunately I could not find the record on CNM. If possible can you provide coordinates and an indication of abundance at the site?
Thanks.
All the best,
Dave
David Albrecht
Plant Identification and Liaison Officer | Australian National Herbarium
Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research
National Research Collections Australia
CSIRO
7 Apr 2021
Thanks Walter and Dave - a difficult one as to whether it is a local or non-local Australian species as there are records form the Young - Boorowa area, but the only previous records in Canberra are from a former Black Mountain rubbish dump and urban Queanbeyan
8 Apr 2021
Thanks Walter
PlantNet says it is a native of the Mediterranean region.
PlantNet says it is a native of the Mediterranean region.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.114661-35.199772
- Altitude 617.1m
- Places Palmerston, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 24 Mar 2021 01:46 PM Recorded on
- walter Recorded by
- 1 metre to 5 metres Plant height
- Yes In flower
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Species information
- Piptatherum miliaceum Scientific name
- Rice Millet, Many-flowered Millet Grass Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Minor weed or pest
- 617.06m Recorded at altitude
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