''Paractaenum novae-hollandiae'' (common name - reflexed panic grass) is a grass (family
Poaceae
Poaceae () or Gramineae () is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the cereal grasses, bamboos and the grasses of natural grassland and species cultivated in lawns an ...
), native to
Western Australia.
It is an annual herb growing from 0.2 to 0.5 m high, on sands and loams. Its green-purple flowers may be seen from March to September.
It was first described in 1812 by
Palisot de Beauvois, and is the type species of the genus.
References
External links
''Paractaenum novae-hollandiae'' occurrence data from Australasian Virtual Herbarium
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Flora of Western Australia
Plants described in 1812
Panicoideae