Hainardia
Taxonomic status
Accepted
Occurrence status
Present
Origin
Introduced
Annuals. Leaves flat or convolute; ligule membranous. Inflorescence a slender spike, disarticulating below each spikelet at maturity. Spikelets 1(–2)-flowered, sunk in recesses along rachis; glumes 1 (in all but the terminal spikelet which has 2), enclosing the recesses except at anthesis, strongly veined, firm; lemma membranous, shorter than glume, inserted against the rachis (i.e. palea between lemma and glume), 3-nerved, the lateral nerves short.
A monotypic genus, occurring naturally on saline or gypseous soils from southern Europe to the Middle East.
Source:
Walsh, N.G. (1994). Poaceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., Flora of Victoria Vol. 2, Ferns and Allied Plants, Conifers and Monocotyledons, pp. 356–627. Inkata Press, Melbourne.
Spinning
genus
Hainardia
