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Amelichloa (= Stipa caudata = Achnatherum caudatum; Poaceae) 4b:227    
Amelichloa caudata is an uncommon introduced species known from the Furneaux Group. It is a tussock forming perennial that grows in pastures.

The inflorescence is an open panicle. The spikelets have only one flower, which has a moderate to quite long awn that is usually sharply bent once or twice. At the fruiting stage, each flower falls separately (without the glumes) and has a sharply pointed base.

This species differs from the related genus, Austrostipa, in having hairs in lines up the lemma, as opposed to lemmas evenly covered in hairs.

 

 
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