Cenchrus purpurascens

Swamp Foxtail at O'Connor, ACT

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Identification history

Cenchrus purpurascens	2 May 2021	MichaelBedingfield
Cenchrus purpurascens	2 May 2021	MichaelBedingfield
Unidentified	1 May 2021	NedJohnston

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2 comments

MichaelBedingfield wrote:

2 May 2021

Hi Ned
I believe this is the native Cenchrus purpurascens. You said 5 plants. I would appreciate some photos of the other plants growing nearby, especially photos showing the whole plant, so we can see the habit. It is similar to C. setaceus, a nasty weed.

NedJohnston wrote:

2 May 2021

Thanks Michael, I'll go get some more photos now. I counted five of the heads as a rough count in a couple of metres squared in the reeds at the edge of the wetland. I'll do a proper count today of how many actual plants there were because I think some of the heads came from the same plant.
Thanks,
Ned

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Location information

Coordinates 149.123597 -35.263125
Altitude 572.4m
Maps Sullivans Creek, O'Connor
Places O'Connor, ACT

Sighting information

5 Abundance
1 May 2021 02:30 PM Recorded on
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Plants Grasses NedJohnston Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Additional information

30cm to 1 metre Plant height
True In flower

Species information

Cenchrus purpurascens Scientific name
Swamp Foxtail Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 902.93m Recorded at altitude
71 images trained Machine learning
In flower
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Synonyms
Pennisetum alopecuroides

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