Spikelets on stem. Unnamed photographer, Trust for Nature, Ned's Corner Station Reserve, Lake Cullulleraine, Vic

Seed heads on stems. Photo: Don Wood, Carnarvon Station Bush Heritage Reserve, via Augathella, Qld

Plant. Unnamed photographer, Trust for Nature, Ned's Corner Station Reserve, Lake Cullulleraine, Vic

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

Common Name

Small Burrgrass, Burrgrass, Tick Grass

Family

Poaceae

Notes

Annual grass to 50cm tall or sprawling.  Leaves with a sheath at the base.  Ligule a fringe of hairs or a membrane with a fringe of hairs.  Leaves 2-6cm long, 2-6mm wide, flat, rolled in bud, glaucous or hairless, edges with stiff hairs, often wavy, and with pointed tips.  Spikelets green, 3-5mm long.  Mature seed groups cylindrical.  Seeds burr -like, covered in short hooked spines.  Rare Vic.

Description and photo in G.M. Cunningham, WE Mulham, PL Milthorpe and J H Leigh (1981 and later printings) Plants of Western New South Wales page 149

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

ausgrass2 description with photos and line drawings:  http://ausgrass2.myspecies.info/content/tragus-australianus