Citation: F. Muell., Fragm. Phyl. Aust. 6:85 (1867).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: Winged chloris, winged windmill grass.

Description:
Often glaucous, glabrous, stiff, usually annual, 18-47 cm high, with erect stems; culms simple or branched.

Spikes 3-5, more or less erect, usually 2.5-3.5 cm long; spikelets usually whitish; glumes usually hyaline, the first 3-5 mm long, the second 5-8 mm long; florets 5 or 6, with the first bisexual; first lemmas with broad scarious wings, cartilaginous or indurate, notched, 3-3.5 mm long, bearded on the lateral nerves near the apex with white hairs to 1.5 mm long, usually pubescent near the midrib, awn 7-8 mm long, other lemmas scarious, glabrous, awned.

Published illustration: Lazarides (1970) The grasses of Central Australia, pl. 24b; Cunningham et al. (1982) Plants of western New South Wales, p. 75.

Distribution:  Often found in areas of high salinity and watercourses.   All mainland States except Vic., but concentrated in the northern half of the country. Conservation status: native Flowering time: May — Aug.

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

Biology: Not of significance for grazing.

Author: Not yet available