wheat

Triticum aestivum L

Common name: Wheat, Common Wheat

It is an erect, tufted annual growing to 60–100 cm tall. The leaf-blades are flat and are10–60 cm long, 7–15 mm wide. Cultivated as a cereal.

Distribution: In all states except N.T.

Western Australia, South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania.

Western Australia: Drummond.

South Australia: Gairdner-Torrens Basin, Flinders Ranges, Eyre Peninsula, Northern Lofty, Murray, Yorke Peninsula, Southern Lofty.

Queensland: Darling Downs, Moreton.

New South Wales: Central Coast, Southern Tablelands, Central-Western Slopes.

Victoria: Murray Mallee, Lowan Mallee, Wimmera, Wannon, Grampians, Riverina, Midlands, Victorian Volcanic Plain, Otway Plain, Eastern Highlands, Gippsland Plains, East Gippsland.

Bibliography:

Simon, B.K. and Sharp, D. (2002) CD Ausgrass: grasses of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra and Environmental protection Agency, Brisbane