Spikelets on stem. Photo: Russell Cumming, Townsville, Qld

Flowers on stem. Photo: Mark Marathon, Mt Etna Caves National Park, Qld

Plant. Photo: Mark Marathon, Mt Etna Caves National Park, Qld

Plant. Photo: Russell Cumming, Townsville, Qld

Common Name

Slender Panic

Family

Poaceae

Notes

Perennial grass 10-90cm tall.  Leaves with a hairless or rough sheath at the base.  Ligule a fringe of hairs or a membrane with a fringe of hairs.  Leaves 7-14cm long, 1-4mm wide, threadlike and rolled, rough, hairy, or hairless, margins smooth, with a fine point.  Spikelets 2-3mm long.  Mature seed groups cylindrical.  Seeds with 0 bristles.  Rare Vic.

Description (pages 125-126) and line drawing of plant (page 126 Fig. 27) in G.M. Cunningham, WE Mulham, PL Milthorpe and J H Leigh (1981 and later printings) Plants of Western New South Wales

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

ausgrass2 description, photos, and line drawings:  http://ausgrass2.myspecies.info/content/paspalidium-gracile