Rough Meadow-grass - introduced (*Poa trivialis)

Native to Europe, North Africa and Asia. C3.

Family. Poaceae (Grass family).

Occurrence: Rare. Records for a weedy section of Cambells Creek (near the bridge to the cemetery) and beside Barkers Creek in the botanic gardens.

Identification:

• it is an erect grass
• the flower clusters, as in other poas, are rather small and awnless
• the base of the lemmas have copious cobwebby hairs.
• the ligule is conspicuous, over 1mm long and papery.

Poa: grass (Greek);

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