Grass family

Poaceae in Australia

COMMELINIDAE

Don Herbison-Evans ( donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Christine Ashe

(updated 25 May 2008)

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Flowers in Australia

Agrostis Blown Grass Upper Beaconsfield, Victoria Photo: courtesy of Laura Levens	Austrodanthonia penicillata Slender Wallaby Grass Morwell Park, December 2001	Avena fatua Wild Oat Sydney, August 2006	Bambusa longispicula Spiky Bamboo Sydney, August 2006
Bambusa vulgaris Common Bamboo Sydney, August 2006	Cortaderia jubata Pampas Grass Concord, March 2007	Cymbopogon species Lemon Grass Sydney, July 2007	Dichanthium sericeum Silky Blue Grass Dulkaninna Station , South Australia Photo: courtesy of Laura Levens
Echinopogon caespitosus Bushy Hedgehog Grass Wyee, August 2007	Hordeum vulgare Barley Sydney, December 2006	Joycea pallida Red-anther Wallaby Grass Upper Beaconsfield, Victoria Photo: courtesy of Laura Levens	Paspalum quadrifarium Tussock Paspalum Taree, April 2008
Pennisetum advena Purple Fountaingrass Sydney, December 2006	Poa tenera Slender Tussock Grass Morwell Park, December 1991	Saccharum officinarum Sugar Cane Bundaberg, October 2006	Sorghum bicolor Sorghum Concord, November 2006
Themeda triandra = australis Kangaroo Grass Upper Beaconsfield, Victoria Photo: courtesy of Laura Levens	Zea mays Sweet Corn Sydney, August 2006