Rigid Panic

Rigid Panic

Rigid Panic

Walwhalleya proluta

Perennial. The flowers are borne above the foliage. The short pointed spikelets are retained on the panicle which separates from the plant at maturity to become wind-blown.

Details Description
Type
Graminoid
Group
Grass
Former Scientific Name
Panicum prolutum, Homopholis proluta
Identifying Characteristics

An erect tufted grass to 1 m. Leaf-blades green and flat, 20 cm long and 6 mm wide, forming a thick clump. Flowers September-April.
Distinctive Features

Distinctive branched open flower heads with small spikelets on long thin stalks.
Life Form Group
Graminoid
Life Form Codes
Medium to Small Tufted Graminoid (MTG)
EVC types
EVC 132_63: Low-rainfall Plains Grassland
Native Status
Native to Australia
Taxonomy
Phylum
Charophyta
Class
Equisetopsida
Order
Poales
Family
Poaceae
Genus
Walwhalleya
Species
proluta
Rigid Panic
Occurs in native grasslands and grassy woodlands in northern and western Victoria, and in the south on the basalt plains immediately north and west of Melbourne. Also occurs in South Australia, Queensland and New South Wales.

Distribution maps indicate current and historic locations where species have been sighted.

Source: Atlas of Living Australia

Endangered Status
DEPI Advisory List
Not listed
FFG Act
Not listed
EPBC Act
Not listed

The conservation status of species is listed within Victoria and Australia.

The Department of Environment and Primary Industry (DEPI) Advisory List consists of non-statutory advisory lists of rare or threatened flora and fauna within Victoria.

The Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 (FFG Act) lists threatened species in Victoria. Under the Act, an Action Statement is produced for each listed species.

The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) is the Australian Government’s key piece of environmental legislation, listing nationally threatened native species and ecological communities.