Scientific Name: Paspalum scrobiculatum

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  • Pronunciation:
    pas-PALE-um scrow-bick-you-LAR-tum
  • Common Name:
    Ditch Millet
  • Derivation:
    Paspalum: from the Greek paspalos (a kind of millet). scrobiculatum: from the Latin scrobis (ditch), -ulus (diminutive) - referring to furrows in parts of the spikelet. and -atus (possessing). Glumes or lemmas furrowed.
  • Type:
    herb grass , tufted perennial
  • Family:
    POACEAE
  • Flowers:
    Infloresence of 2-5 racemes
  • Species List:
    Heritage Park, Grass book, Mill Point, Batianoff, TAFE, Botany 07
Identification Notes

Nodes smooth, Leaf blades and sheaths smooth except for a few hairs at the junction of blade and sheath.