Scientific Name: Panicum maximum     (now Megathyrsus maximum)

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  • Pronunciation:
    meg-ah-THIGH-ragh MAX-ee-mus
  • Common Name:
    Guinea Grass, Green Panic
  • Type:
    Herb grass , perennial
  • Family:
    POACEAE
  • Status:
    WEED This introduced plant has escaped into local bushland. Without natural predators to keep it in check, it is out-competing native species.
  • Flowers:
    large spreading open panicle up to 50 cm long with many fine branches,often in whorls on main stem.
  • Fruit:
    seeds 3 mm long, purple in colour.
  • Species List:
    Cooloothin Corner, Banana, Grass book, Girraween, Mill Point, Botany 07, Batianoff, Cranks Creek, Wallace Park, Lake Cooroibah, Heritage Park, weeds,
Identification Notes

tussocks, clump-forming, narrow finely-pointed leaves to 70 cm, 1-2 cm wide with prominent keeled midrib.

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