Glyceria australis
C.E. Hubbard
Manna (sweet) grass
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Description
An erect grass. It has rhizomes and keeps growing from year to year. It grows 1.5 m high. The leaf blades are 20 cm long and 4 mm wide. They can be flat or folded.
Edible Uses
The stems are chewed.
Distribution
It is a temperate plant. It grows in or near freshwater creeks and swamps. It is hardy to frost. Tasmanian Herbarium.
Where It Grows
Australia*, Tasmania*,
Cultivation
Plants can be grown by division.
Notes
There are 16 Glyceria species.
References (5)
- Cherikoff V. & Isaacs, J., The Bush Food Handbook. How to gather, grow, process and cook Australian Wild Foods. Ti Tree Press, Australia p 195
- Curtis, W.M., & Morris, D.I., 1994, The Student's Flora of Tasmania. Part 4B St David's Park Publishing, Tasmania, p 228
- Dashorst, G.R.M., and Jessop, J.P., 1998, Plants of the Adelaide Plains & Hills. Botanic Gardens of Adelaide and State Herbarium. p 182
- Lazarides, M. & Hince, B., 1993, Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia, CSIRO. p 121
- Tasmanian Herbarium Vascular Plants list p 85
