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Urelytrum agropyroides

Urelytrum agropyroides
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Quinine grass, as Urelytrum agropyroides is commonly known, is hard and unpalatable due to its bitter taste. The awns curl to resemble a fishbone structure when the spikelets mature. This is a perenial grass which seldom develops dense stands.

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