Megathyrsus
maximus var. pubiglumis
(K.Schum.) B.K.Simon & S.W.L.Jacobs
WEED
This introduced groundcover
is commonly known as
green panic.
Megathyrsus maximus var. pubiglumis
is described as a "monocot"
in the
Poaceae
family.
In the Queensland Nature Conservation Act it is not classified as it is not native to Queensland.
Under the Federal Environment Protection Biodiversity Conservation Act it is not classified.
A moderately-sized plant (up to about 1.5 m tall) with large leaves and seed-heads. Its leaves are usually paler green in colour and its flower spikelets are usually finely hairy (Weeds of Australia, Biosecurity Queensland edition. Accessed online 22/02/2017).
It has been recorded in the Wide Bay district in the Queensland Herbarium Census and is
listed as occurring in the Fraser Coast region in the Atlas of Living Australia.
Reported at 21 Fraser Coast localities: Dundowran Beach, Takura, Pacific Haven, Craignish, Burrum Heads, Torquay, Point Vernon, Howard, Booral, Urangan, Beelbi Creek, Urraween, Toogoom, River Heads, Granville, Maryborough, Great Sandy Strait, Tinana, Beaver Rock, Yengarie, Tiaro.
Fraser Coast distribution based on field reports.
AVH
