Common Name

False Hairgrass, Pussy Tail

Family

Poaceae

Notes

Introduced annual or perennial grass to 35cm tall. Leaves with a hairy sheath at the base. Ligule a fringe of hairs. Leaves 1-6cm long, 1-3mm wide, flat or with the margins rolled in, hairless or hairy, margins sticky hairy. Spikelets 2-3mm long. Mature seed groups spreading. Seeds with 1 long awn and 2 short awns, in pairs. Pentaschistis airoides in NSW.

Description and photo (as Pentaschistis airoides) in G.M. Cunningham, WE Mulham, PL Milthorpe and J H Leigh (1981 and later printings) Plants of Western New South Wales page 129

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

ausgrass2 description with line drawings: http://ausgrass2.myspecies.info/content/pentameris-airoides