Ehrharta Thunb. >

Two sterile lemmas present below the terminal bisexual floret, usually awned terminally (Fig. 49f) Ehrharta

Sterile lemmas with stiff subulate awn-like points. Annual up to 60 cm high. Leaf blades 8–15 cm long. Panicle up to 15 cm long. Spikelets 7 mm long. Coast and Cumberland Plain. Pastures; weed. Introd. from S. Africa. Fl. spring–summer. Annual Veldtgrass Ehrharta longiflora