| Amelichloa
caudata is an uncommon introduced species known from
the Furneaux Group. It is a tussock forming perennial that
grows in pastures.
The inflorescence is an open panicle. The spikelets have
only one flower, which has a moderate to quite long awn
that is usually sharply bent once or twice. At the
fruiting stage, each flower falls separately (without the
glumes) and has a sharply pointed base.
This species differs from the related genus, Austrostipa,
in having hairs in lines up the lemma, as opposed to
lemmas evenly covered in hairs.
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