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Desmazeria photos | Family: Grass (Poaceae syn. Gramineae) |
Scientific Name: | Tribolium acutiflorum (syn. Desmazeria acutiflora, Plagiochloa acutiflora) | Desmazeria tussock Photo: A J Brown | |||||
Status: | Native to Cape Province, South Africa. Naturalised in Victoria and South Australia. | ||||||
| Harsh, tufted perennial to 30 cm high but often decumbent and short. Leaves flat, to 15 cm long and 3 mm wide, hairless or with few scattered hairs. Flower-head a green to purplish, terminal spike-like, dense, cylindric panicle, 1-6 cm long and 0.4-1 cm wide and partly embraced by the leaf-sheath. Spikelets 4-6 mm long, of 3-8 florets and florets with hairs along the margins, base and sometimes lower back regions. | ||||||
| Predominantly a species of heavy textured wet soils. Often growing in saline environments.
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Coments: | Appears to have moderate to high salt and drought tolerance. Under extreme stress, leaves, stems and panicles turn purplish-red. |
Desmazeria spike with exserted anthers Photo: A J Brown | Desmazeria - young spike Photo: A J Brown | |
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