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Pennisetum pedicellatum Trin.

This name is not current. Find out more information on related names.

Reference: Mem.Acad.Imp.Sci.St.-Petersbourg,Ser. 6,Sci.Math.,Seconde Pt.Sci.Nat.3:184 (1834)
Conservation Code: Not threatened
Naturalised Status: Alien to Western Australia
Name Status: Not Current

Caespitose annual or perennial (rarely), grass-like or herb, 0.4-3 m high, inner bristles of involucre surrounding spikelets woolly-hairy. Fl. red-brown/yellow-brown/white, May to Aug. Loam, clay, pockets of sand, lateritic gravel. On valley floors, creeks, disturbed habitats.