Key to Tasmanian Dicots
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Panicum (Poaceae) 4b:333
Tasmania has four introduced species of Panic Grass (Panicum spp.). The Tasmanian species are all quite coarse grasses found in warmer areas. The leaves are flat, broad (up to 15mm wide), with the ligule either completely absent or in the form of a membrane, usually ending in hairs. The inflorescence is a very loose panicle of small, awnless spikelets. The spikes have one fertile floret subtended by a flower that may be male, may be sterile and has a small, or no, palea.

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