Adelaide

Arkaroola

Ceduna

Coober Pedy

Hawker

Innamincka

Marla

Marree

Mount Gambier

Oodnadatta

Renmark

Wudinna

Keith

Yunta

Botanical art

Kath Alcock painting: 1

Prior names

Panicum colonum

Etymology

Echinochloa from the Greek 'echinos' meaning a hedgehog and 'chloe' meaning young grass; referring to the appearance of the spikelets in some species.

Distribution and status

Herbarium regions: Lake Eyre, Eastern, Northern Lofty, Murray, Southern Lofty, South Eastern, Green Adelaide
NRM regions: Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges, Northern and Yorke, South Australian Arid Lands, South Australian Murray-Darling Basin, South East
AVH map: SA distribution map (external link)