Pleuraphis rigida

Species category

Revegetation or Rangeland, Weed

Common name

big galleta

Diagnostic characters

Planting unit

SpikeletSpikelet:
One or more florets that are subtended by a pair of bracts called glumes. Spikelets are pedicellate if located on a pedicle and sessile if attached directly to the rachis. Often spikelets with single florets have remnants of a second floret, usually a lemma.

Shape

Triangular

Size

  • Length 8–9.5 mm
  • Width 5–8 mm
  • Thickness 2–3 mm

Color

Brown

Texture

Smooth

Lemma

Scarcely exceeding the glumesGlume:
The pair of chaffy bracts that occur at the base of a grass spikelet, often completely enclosing it.
, 2-lobed and with a short awnAwn:
A narrow, bristle-like organ, as on the glumes or lemmas of grasses (Poaceae).

Palea

Hairy margin lines

Other structures

Base of spikeletSpikelet:
One or more florets that are subtended by a pair of bracts called glumes. Spikelets are pedicellate if located on a pedicle and sessile if attached directly to the rachis. Often spikelets with single florets have remnants of a second floret, usually a lemma.
group is densely bearded.

Identification notes

GlumesGlume:
The pair of chaffy bracts that occur at the base of a grass spikelet, often completely enclosing it.
have short awnsAwn:
A narrow, bristle-like organ, as on the glumes or lemmas of grasses (Poaceae).
. Narrow lemmasLemma:
One of two bracts of the grass floret; it is located on the side nearest the embryo and opposite the rachilla.
are deeply cleft into a few or several lobes and awnsAwn:
A narrow, bristle-like organ, as on the glumes or lemmas of grasses (Poaceae).
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Noxious weed seed categories

Not listed

AOSA examination list

Not included

Nomenclature

Family

Poaceae

Valid name

Pleuraphis rigida Thurb.

Synonyms

Hilaria rigida (Thurb.) Benth. ex Scribn.

 Pleuraphis rigida.  Spikelets with narrow lemmas that are deeply cleft into a few or several lobes and awns.
Pleuraphis rigida. Spikelets with narrow lemmas that are deeply cleft into a few or several lobes and awns.