Citation: R. Br., Prod. Fl. Nov. Holl. 172 (1810).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: Blown grass.

Description:
Mainly glabrous annuals, 25-60 cm high; leaf blades linear, flat, scabrous, usually 3-4 mm broad; ligule 3-7 mm long, lanceolate, rather obtuse, laciniate, scabrous.

Panicle divaricately spreading, shortly exserted at maturity, rhachis and branches of the panicle scabrous; spikelets 4-5 mm long; the glumes 4-5 mm long, acuminate, scabrous on the nerves; lemmas c. 2 mm long, truncate, villous on the back, the 4 teeth short or the 2 outer ones rather longer; awn 5-7 mm long, rising from about the middle of the back; palea rather shorter than the lemmas; callus shortly bearded; bristle short, hairy.

Published illustration: Burbidge (1970)Australian grasses 3:pl. 10; Cunningham et al. (1982) Plants of western New South Wales, p. 52.

Distribution:    All States except the N.T. Conservation status: native Flowering time: Sept. — Jan.

SA Distribution Map based on current data relating to specimens held in the State Herbarium of South Australia

Biology: Not of significance in grazing.

Author: Not yet available