Scleria novae-hollandiae
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Description
Annual.
Leaves rather suddenly narrowed to the obtusish or acutish tip, glabrous, scabrid on the margins and main nerves in the upper part, 2-4 mm wide;
Inflorescence narrow, elongate, consisting of a terminal panicle and (1-)2-3 very remote lateral ones, the terminal panicle somewhat longer than the lateral ones, these single at the nodes, their peduncles more or less exserted from the sheaths, smooth, 2-winged at the dilated top;
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: New Guinea present; Philippines (Philippines present), Carolines present, Guam present, Luzon present, Micronesia present, N. and NE. Australia present, Papua present, W. New Guinea present
N. and NE. Australia, Micronesia (Guam, Carolines); in Malesia: Philippines (Luzon), New Guinea (W. New Guinea; Papua).