Panic Veldtgrass at Watson, ACT
Identification history
| Ehrharta erecta | 2 Jul 2022 | waltraud | ||
| Ehrharta erecta | 2 Jul 2022 | Tapirlord | ||
| Digitaria ciliaris | 29 Jun 2022 | abread111 | ||
| Digitaria ciliaris | 27 Jun 2022 | abread111 |
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User's notes
Have pressed a sample for species identification by a botanist at a later date, since D. ciliaris and D. sanguinalis are difficult to distinguish.
Growing in shade of a Cherry Ballart. Close ups and scan added later.
4 comments
abread111
wrote:
2 Jul 2022
Same thing from another site identified by Isobel Crawford as Ehrharta erecta.
waltraud
wrote:
2 Jul 2022
I'm pretty sure the specimen is the Panic Veldtgrass; it has been introduced as pasture grass or turf grass and does well in the shade (where Barb collected). I was a bit confused by the 3rd photo until I noticed it is a magnified close-up of the fruits. Well done Barb. I think the scans of grasses work well although it is much work to take a photo in situ and then a scan of a collected specimen.
As Barb mentioned I collected a specimen elsewhere which botanist I. Crawford id-ed and it was the same species as far as I could see (Ehrharta erecta (Panic Veldtgrass)).
As Barb mentioned I collected a specimen elsewhere which botanist I. Crawford id-ed and it was the same species as far as I could see (Ehrharta erecta (Panic Veldtgrass)).
michaelb
wrote:
3 Jul 2022
Agree Ehrharta erecta. Unfortunately it has taken off very well with the successive wet seasons.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.167816-35.229514
- Maps Mount Majura
- Places Watson, ACT
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- 27 Jun 2022 12:08 PM Recorded on
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Additional information
- 30cm to 1 metre Plant height
- True In flower
Species information
- Ehrharta erecta Scientific name
- Panic Veldtgrass Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Medium Weed or Pest
- Up to 823.85m Recorded at altitude
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In flower
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