Scientific Name: Schizachyrium fragile (Schizachyrium obliqueberbe)

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  • Common Name:
    Fire Grass, Red Spathe Grass, Small Redgrass
  • Derivation:
    Schizachyrium: from the Greek schizen (to split) and achuron (chaff), alluding to the bilobed lemma of the sessile spikelet. fragile: Latin for weak. Inflorescences readily disarticulating.
  • Type:
    Herb Grass annual , tufted.
  • Family:
    POACEAE
  • Vegetation Type:
    Sandy soils
  • Species List:
    Grass book, AH Collection
Cultural Notes

Native. A fairly common annual on sandy soils from the savanna regions of tropical W.A., N.T. and Qld

Identification Notes

Culms erect, slender,