Common Name

Mulga Mitchell Grass, Window Mulga Grass, Mulga Grass, Mulga Mitchell

Family

Poaceae

Notes

Perennial grass 20-60cm tall. Densely woolly base. Leaves mostly alternating up the stems, with a hairy sheath with hairy margins at the base. Ligule a fringe of hairs. Leaves 1-6.5cm long, 2-5mm wide, flat, bristly, hairy, margins rough hairy, with straight points. Spikelets green, 4-8mm long. Mature seed groups cylindrical. Many short bristles on the seed.

Description and photo of seeding plant in G.M. Cunningham, WE Mulham, PL Milthorpe and J H Leigh (1981 and later printings) Plants of Western New South Wales pages 148-149

PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Thyridolepis~mitchelliana

ausgrass2 description, photos, and line drawings: http://ausgrass2.myspecies.info/content/thyridolepis-mitchelliana