Agrostis bettyae S.W.L.Jacobs APNI* Synonyms: Agrostis hiemalis (Walter) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb. APNI*
Agrostis sp. A sensu Jacobs & Hastings (1993) APNI*
Description: Erect or geniculate-ascending, loosely tufted perennial to 0.9 m high, sometimes with a rather short horizontal rhizome; culms slender, c. 4-noded.
Leaves with sheath densely scaberulous to scabrous between the nerves; ligule jagged, 2–5 mm long; blade flat or becoming involute, grooved on the upper surface, acuminate, 1.5–4 mm wide.
Panicle ovate to lanceolate, narrow, lax, 10–35 cm long. Spikelets produced towards the ends of the ultimate branches, 2–2.2 mm long, often strongly purplish. Glumes subequal or the lower slightly longer, sometimes hyaline towards the margins. Lemma truncate or minutely toothed, 1.25–2 mm long, unawned. Palea very minute or absent. Anthers >1 mm long.
Flowering: Flowers in summer.
Distribution and occurrence: Grows in montane woodland.
NSW subdivisions: NT, CT, ST, NWS, SWS
Other Australian states: Qld Vic.
Text by S.W.L. Jacobs & S.M. Hastings (1993); Jacobs (2001)
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW vol 4 (1993); Telopea 9(3) (2001)
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