Dispersal: Seed, vegetative

Distribution from the Australasian Virtual Herbarium. CC-BY 3.0 AU
Distribution from the Australasian Virtual Herbarium. CC-BY 3.0 AU
 Recognition
  • a perennial, decumbent grass with creeping rhizomes and stolons that form dense mats of vegetation.
  • its leaves are up to 25 cm long, folded but becoming flat, soft, glabrous, and becoming coarse-textured with age.
  • its small seed-heads remain hidden within the leaf sheaths and seeds are rarely formed.

[From: Environmental Weeds of Australia with modifications]

 Images
Image: Trevor James © Trevor James
Image: Trevor James © Trevor James
Image: Trevor James © Trevor James
Image: Trevor James © Trevor James
Image: Trevor James © Trevor James
Image: Trevor James © Trevor James
Weeds Key – interactive key to the weed species of New Zealand
 References
Biosecurity New Zealand 2012: Regional Pest Management Strategies Database. http://www.biosecurityperformance.maf.govt.nz/ [as Pennisetum clandestinum Hochst. ex Chiov.]
Connor, H.E. 1977: The Poisonous Plants in New Zealand. Edition 2. Government Printer, Wellington. [as Pennisetum clandestinum Hochst. ex Chiov.]
Howell, C. 2008: Consolidated list of environmental weeds in New Zealand. DOC Research & Development Series 292: 42. [as Pennisetum clandestinum Hochst. ex Chiov.]