Molasses grass
Melinis minutiflora
family
Poaceae
origin
Exotic
declaration
Council Pest Vegetation (BCC Natural Asset Local Law)
Council Pest Vegetation (BCC Natural Asset Local Law)
Common names
Molasses grass, Honey grass, Melinis, Whynne grass, Brazilian stinkgrass, Molassesgrass.
A long-lived grass, usually growing 0.6-1 m tall, with upright, straggling or trailing stems up to 2 m long. Its slender stems are hairy and sometimes produce roots where the lower joints come into contact with the soil. Its narrow leaves are covered in sticky hairs and tend to be crowded towards ends of the branches its branched seed-heads (8-30 cm long) are either pale pink, reddish or purplish in colour these seed-heads bear numerous small flower spikelets (1.5-2.5 mm long), each having one or two small awns (3-15 mm long).
Impact
Impact
Molasses grass (Melinis minutiflora) is an environmental weed in Queensland and northern New South Wales. It is also an emerging or potential environmental weed in the northern Territory and Western Australia. This species is also listed as a priority environmental weed in at least one Natural Resource Management region and is thought to pose a significant threat to rangeland biodiversity in northern Australia.
Location
Location
Characteristics
Characteristics
Similar Species
Similar Species
Molasses grass (Melinis minutiflora) is an environmental weed in Queensland and northern New South Wales. It is also an emerging or potential environmental weed in the northern Territory and Western Australia. This species is also listed as a priority environmental weed in at least one Natural Resource Management region and is thought to pose a significant threat to rangeland biodiversity in northern Australia.
