Citation: Walp., Ann. Bot. Syst. 1:896 (1849).

Synonymy: Devauxia drummondiana Nees, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. 6:51 (1841); D. drummondii Nees in Lehm., Pl. Preiss. 2:70 (1846). , Centrolepis drummondii

Common name: None

Description:
Annual herb forming grass-like tufts to 6 cm diam., pale-green; leaves numerous, linear, acute, 1-3 cm long, 0.7-1 mm wide, lax, glabrous to sparsely pilose near the base, sometimes papillose above; innermost leaf reduced to an obtuse hyaline sheath.

Scapes few, terete, filiform, 3-5 cm long, glabrous; head terete, ovoid-conic, 3-4 mm long, c. 1.5 mm wide; primary bracts subopposite, remaining almost closed, subequal, acute, minutely mucronate or with capillary points to 2 mm long, glabrous; pseudanthia 4-10; secondary bracts acute, 2 per pseudanthium; female florets 4-7 per pseudanthium; styles connate for about half their length.

Seed c. 0.5 mm long.

Distribution:  S.Aust.: FR.   W.Aust. Conservation status: native Flowering time: Oct. — Dec.

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

Biology: No text

Taxonomic notes: Recorded for the State on the basis of a single collection made in 1920; possibly an adventive which may not have persisted at this locality.

Author: Not yet available