Common Name

Urochloa Grass, Liverseed Grass

Family

Poaceae

Notes

Introduced annual grass to 1m tall or sprawling. Leaves with a hairy sheath at the base. Ligule a fringe of hairs or a membrane with a fringe of hairs. Leaves linear to flat, 2-25cm long, 3-18mm wide, hairless to hairy, margins wavy. Spikelets pale green or yellowish, 2-6mm long. Seeds with 0 bristles. Mature seed groups cylindrical.

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 pages 152-153

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

ausgrass2 description with line drawings and photos: http://ausgrass2.myspecies.info/content/urochloa-panicoides