Scale bar is 1cm

Brown-backed Wallaby-grass - native (Rytidosperma duttonianum)

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Native. Perennial. C3.

Family. Poaceae (Grass family).

Alternative names: Danthonia duttoniana, Austrodanthonia duttoniana.

Uncommon.

Identification:

the flower cluster is compact
the glumes are longer than the lemmas
the lemmas are forked into two lobes with an awn rising bewteen the lobes
there are three rows of hairs on the back of the lemmas
the leaves are flat or folded
the ligule is a row of hairs 0.5mm long, sometimes with long hairs at the edges.

The lemma back is shiny and a clear golden-brown when mature.

The shiny, golden-brown lemma back is distinctive.

duttoniana: in honour of J.Dutton, b1863, field assistant, Bathurst Agricultural Station, N.S.W.

1. Lemma. The awned part of the side lobes is about equal to the flat part of the lobes, and often twine around the central lobe. Here they are twining together. 2: Flower cluster. Baringhup West.