Flowering stems. Photo: Don Wood, Scotia Sanctuary, NSW

Seeding plant. Photo: Don Wood, Scotia Sanctuary, NSW

Seeding plant. Photo: Don Wood, Scotia Sanctuary, NSW

Seeding plants. Photo: Don Wood, Scotia Sanctuary, NSW

Seeds. Photo: Steve Hurst, USDA, USA

Common Name

Arabian Grass, Kelch Grass, Mulga Grass

Family

Poaceae

Notes

Introduced annual grass, 3-40cm tall or sprawling.  Leaves with a hairless sheath at the base.  Ligule a fringe of hairs or a membrane with a fringe of hairs. Leaves 1-10cm long, to 1.5mm wide, flat, rolled, threadlike, or with the edges rolled inwards, hairless.  Spikelets green, 4-7mm long.  Mature seed groups cylindrical to oval or slightly spreading.  Seeds with 0 bristles.

Description and line drawings in G.M. Cunningham, WE Mulham, PL Milthorpe and J H Leigh (1981 and later printings) Plants of Western New South Wales page 137

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

ausgrass2 description and photos:  http://ausgrass2.myspecies.info/content/schismus-barbatus