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Tetrapogon roxburghiana (Tetrapogon roxburghiana)

Description

A tufted perennial with culms up to about 120 cm high; lowest leaf- sheaths usually white or straw-coloured; panicle 5-15 cm long, straw-coloured or purple; spikelets long-awned (Meredith, 1955). It has characteristically flat shoot bases and dense, feathery panicles which are pale green or purple when young (Bogdan & Pratt, 1967).

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum: Magnoliophyta

        • Class: Liliopsida

          • Order: Poales

            • Family: Poaceae

              • Genus: Tetrapogon