This introduced groundcover is commonly known as green panic.
Megathyrsus maximus var. pubiglumis is described as a "monocot" in the Poaceae family.
In the Queensland Nature Conservation Act it is not classified as it is not native to Queensland. Under the Federal Environment Protection Biodiversity Conservation Act it is not classified.
A moderately-sized plant (up to about 1.5 m tall) with large leaves and seed-heads. Its leaves are usually paler green in colour and its flower spikelets are usually finely hairy (Weeds of Australia, Biosecurity Queensland edition. Accessed online 22/02/2017).
It has been recorded in the Wide Bay district in the Queensland Herbarium Census and is listed as occurring in the Fraser Coast region in Queensland Herbarium Wildlife Online.
Reported at 21 Fraser Coast localities: Beaver Rock, Beelbi Creek, Booral, Burrum Heads, Craignish, Dundowran Beach, Granville, Great Sandy Strait, Howard, Maryborough, Pacific Haven, Point Vernon, River Heads, Takura, Tiaro, Tinana, Toogoom, Torquay, Urangan, Urraween, Yengarie.
Fraser Coast distribution based on unverified field reports.
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