Citation: R. Br., Prod. Fl. Nov. Holl. 221 (1810).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: None

Description:
Perennials.

Spikelets of 1 terminal female flower surrounded by several male flowers, each of 1 stamen and 1 glume; glumes imbricate round the rhachilla; the flowering head dense, solitary, terminal, but apparently lateral owing to the erect involucral bract which continues the stem, and consisting of numerous spikelets, with a circle of flat permanent empty glumes at the base; style branches 2.

Nut with c. 8 prominent longitudinal ribs.

Distribution:  4 Australian species.

Biology: No text

Author: Not yet available