Botanical name

Pentameris airoides subsp. airoides

Family

Poaceae

Synonym (old name)

Pentaschistis airoides subsp. airoides

Description

Annual up to 35cm. Leaves linear, villous above. Spikelets 2.5-5mm long in an open hemisperical panicle up to 6cm long; awns much exerted.

Habitat

Light shade on lower slopes

Flower Date

August to October