Tasmania has
seven native species of Amphibromus. All are slender
perennial aquatic or sub-aquatic species from rivers, ditches, dams
etc. The inflorescence is a panicle (usually quite narrow and not
spreading). The spikelets have several flowers, which fall
separately when mature. The lemmas are longer than the glumes and
have a conspicuous, bent awn attached above the middle, but below
the top of the lemma. |