Scientific Name: Panicum laevinode
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Common Name:Pepper Grass
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Type:
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Family:POACEAE
Comments
Usually found in arid and semi-arid areas of central Australia.||This specimen collect Noosa National Park Coastal Track.
Identification Notes
Annual, rarely biennial, tufted grass, usually less than 1 metre tall. Nodes are brown, smooth or hairy. Leaf blades and sheaths smooth or hairy. Blades linear, flat, 5-20 cm x 2.5-14mm; midrib prominent beneath. Inflorescence is an open panicle 5-20 cm long with spreading primary branches. Spiklets are in pairs and clustered toward the branch tips.