Common Name

Prairie Grass, Rescue Grass

Family

Poaceae

Notes

Introduced annual or short-lived perennial grass to 1.5m tall. Leaves with a hairy sheath at the base. Ligule a membrane without a fringe of hairs. Leaves flat, 10-45cm long, 3-15mm wide, slightly hairy, the edges rough, with a long drawn out point. Spikelets green to purplish green, 15-40mm long excluding the awns. Inflorescence spreading. Seeds with 0 or 1 awn 1-9mm long.

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

ausgrass2 description with line drawings and photos: http://ausgrass2.myspecies.info/content/bromus-catharticus

Weeds of Australia Biosecurity Queensland description: http://keyserver.lucidcentral.org/weeds/data/03030800-0b07-490a-8d04-0605030c0f01/media/Html/Bromus_catharticus.htm