Plants. Australian Plant Image Index, photo: Murray Fagg, south west of Tibooburra, NSW

Plants. Australian Plant Image Index, photo: Murray Fagg, near Wanaaring, NSW

Common Name

Canegrass, Bamboo Grass

Family

Poaceae

Notes

Perennial canelike grass 1-3m tall.  Leaves with a hairless sheath at the base.  Ligule a fringe of hairs.  Leaves 3-20cm long, 2-6mm wide, flat, hairless.  Spikelets green, 5-13mm long. Seeds with no bristles.  Mature seed groups spreading. Vulnerable Vic.

Description and photo of plants in G.M. Cunningham, WE Mulham, PL Milthorpe and J H Leigh (1981 and later printings) Plants of Western New South Wales page 97

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

ausgrass2 description, photos, and line drawings:  http://ausgrass2.myspecies.info/content/eragrostis-australasica