Common Swamp Wallaby-grass - native (Amphibromus nervosus)

Native. Perennial. C3.

Family. Poaceae (Grass family).

Identification:

• it has a contracted open panicle
• the spikelets with 4-6 lemmas
• the lemmas are awned
• the glumes are shorter than the spikelets
• the ligule is membranous, becoming torn with age, and is 10-20mm long.

It is a wetland plant, usually growing at the edge of water. It is a tall grass (usually 50cm to a metre or more). The spikelets have 4-6 lemmas. The lemmas are toothed at the apex, and a stout awn grows from the backs of the lemmas.

Amphi: approximately or doubtfully, suggesting a relationship with Bromus; nervosus: having nerves (veins).

1: Spikelets. Metcalfe. 2,3: Lemma with awn. 4: Swamp Wallaby-grass at a dam edge. Barkers Creek.

Swamp Wallaby-grass. Bells Swamp after a wet season.