Plants of the Castlemaine District
Dense hairless (panicles)
*Phalaris aquatica Phalaris ![phalaris](phaq.jpg)
Tall Grass. Flower cluster 1cm to 15cm long. Spikelets are strongly flattened. The glumes have are winged (i.e. with acute central keel). The glumes are un-notched.
*Phalaris paradoxa Par-adoxical Canary-grass.![paradoxa](phpa.jpg)
Like Phalaris but shorter (to 90cm) and with a usually shorter flower cluster. The fertile spikelets are surrounded by clusters of sterile spikelets. The glumes are notched. Not common.
*Sporobolus africanus Rat-tail Grass.![sporobolus](spaf.jpg)
Smallish grass. Flower cluster is very narrow and spike-like. The first glume is blunt and the upper sharp-pointed. The lemma is shorter and blunt. Occasional weed.
*Polypogon viridis Water Bent.![water bent](povi.jpg)
Wetland plant. Glumes are not awned. Resembles an
Agrostis in that the membranous lemma is smaller than the enclosing glumes. It differs in that the spikelets of Water-bent fall off intact at maturity.
*Tribolium acutiflorum Desmazeria. ![phalaris](trac.jpg)
Small grass. Flower cluster 1cm to 15cm long. Spikelets are 3-8 flowered. The glumes are shorter than the spikelets. The lemmas have thick (often club-shaped) hairs their lower parts. Occasonal weed.
*Triticum aestivum Wheat. ![wheat](trae.jpg)
Flower cluster a dense spike i.e. flowers are stalkless. Glumes often taper to a point. Spikelets several flowered.