Citation: Domin, Biblthca bot. 85:372 (1915).

Synonymy: Danthonia lappacea Lindley in T.L. Mitchell, Three Exped. Int. eastern Austral. 1:313 (1838); D. triticoides Lindley in T.L. Mitchell, J. Trop. Austral. 365 (1848); A. triticoides (Lindley) F. Muell. in Benth., Fl. Aust. 7:602 (1878).

Common name: Curly Mitchell grass, wheat Mitchell.

Description:
Perennial, 30-90 cm high; leaf blades flat, glabrous or tuberculate-scabrous; spikes 6-10 cm long, c. 1 cm broad, the spikelets alternate and somewhat spaced along the rhachis; spikelets 4-6-flowered; glumes unequal, the first 5-7 mm long, l-3-nerved, the second 8-12 mm long, 9-13-nerved; lemma vil1ous on the back, the body c. 4 mm long, the 2 glabrous 3-nerved lanceolate lateral lobes 6-7 mm long, the straight central awn exceeding them by 4-6 mm.

Published illustration: Lazarides (1970) The grasses of Central Australia, pl. 18b; Cunningham et al. (1982) Plants of western New South Wales, p. 61.

Distribution:  S.Aust.: LE, FR, EA, EP.   W.Aust.; N.T.; Qld; N.S.W. Conservation status: native Flowering time: recorded in May.

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

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