Classification
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Sporobolus anglicus (C.E.Hubb.) P.M.Peterson & Saarela in Peterson et al., Taxon 63: 1236 (2014)
Synonymy:
  • Spartina anglica C.E.Hubb. (1978)
 Description

Stiff perennials 50–100 cm, with fleshy rhizomes, forming large dense clumps or swards. Leaf-sheath glabrous. Ligule 2–3 mm, densely ciliate. Leaf-blade 5–40 cm × 5–12 mm, persistent or caducous, coriaceous, flat or inrolled, glabrous, adaxially ribbed, narrowed to fine, hard tip. Culm erect, 5–8–(10) mm diam. at base, including closely ensheathing leaves. Panicle 10–30 cm, erect, contracted; spikes 2–8, 5–15 cm; rachis of each spike glabrous, tipped by bristle 1–4 cm. Spikelets 15–20 mm, 1-flowered, very rarely 2-flowered, oblong, pubescent, falling entire at maturity. Glumes unequal, lanceolate-oblong, acute, with short scattered hairs, keels ciliate; lower ⅔-⅘ length of upper and narrower, 1-nerved, upper = spikelet, 3–6-nerved, asymmetrical. Lemma ≤ upper glume, 1–3-nerved, lanceolate-oblong, obtuse, with short hairs above and on keel. Palea ≥ lemma, hyaline, glabrous. Anthers 8–12 mm, dehiscent. Caryopsis 10–12 ×c. 1.5 mm. Fig. 19. Plate 2C.

[From: Edgar and Connor (2000) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 5 (second printing). as Spartina anglica C.E.Hubb.]

 Biostatus
Exotic
 Bibliography
Biosecurity New Zealand 2012: Regional Pest Management Strategies Database. http://www.biosecurityperformance.maf.govt.nz/ [as Spartina anglica C.E.Hubb.]
Howell, C. 2008: Consolidated list of environmental weeds in New Zealand. DOC Research & Development Series 292: 42. [as Spartina anglica C.E.Hubb.]
Partridge, T. R. 1987: Spartina in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 25: 567–575. [as Spartina anglica C.E.Hubb.]
Peterson, P.M.; Romaschenko, K.; Arrieta, Y.H.; Saarela, J.M. 2014: A molecular phylogeny and new subgeneric classification of Sporobolus (Poaceae: Chloridoideae: Sporobolinae). Taxon 63(6): 1212–1243.