Common Name

Native Millet, Australian Millet, Windmill Grass

Family

Poaceae

Notes

Perennial grass to 1.5m tall, forming large tussocks. Leaves with a hairy or hairless sheath at the base. Ligule a membrane with a fringe of hairs. Leaves 7-50cm long, 2.5-12mm wide, flat, folded lengthwise, or with the edges rolled in, hairless or hairy, with rough edges, tapering to a fine point. Spikelets pale green or purplish, 2-4mm long. Seeds with 0 bristles. Mature seed groups spreading.

Description in G.M. Cunningham, WE Mulham, PL Milthorpe and J H Leigh (1981 and later printings) Plants of Western New South Wales page 119

PlantNET description with line drawings and photos:  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Panicum~decompositum

augrass2 description with line drawings and photos:  http://ausgrass2.myspecies.info/content/panicum-decompositum