''Anisopogon'' is a genus of

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n plants in the

grass family Poaceae ( ), also called Gramineae ( ), is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the cereal grasses, bamboos, the grasses of natural grassland and species cultivated in ...

. The only known species is ''Anisopogon avenaceus'', native to

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and

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. It is known commonly as oat speargrass.Atlas of Living Australia, ''Anisopogon avenaceus'' R.Br., Oat Spear Grass
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New South Wales Flora Online. National Herbarium, Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney. It is a perennial grass growing up to 1.5 metres tall, bearing

spikelet A spikelet, in botany, describes the typical arrangement of the inflorescences of grasses, sedges and some other monocots. Each spikelet has one or more florets. The spikelets are further grouped into panicles or spikes. The part of the sp ...

s up to 6 centimetres long.

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Pooideae Endemic flora of Australia Monotypic Poaceae genera {{Pooideae-stub

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