Citation: Vick., Contr. N.S.W. natn. Herb. 1:297 (1950).

Synonymy: Rytidosperma clelandii (Vick.) Conner & Edgar, New Zealand J. Bot. 17:332 (1979).

Common name: None

Description:
Rather robust tufted perennial, to 75 cm high; leaves flat or inrolled, 0.75-2 mm wide, c. 30 cm long, more or less smooth on the abaxial surface, finely scabrous-pubescent on the adaxial surface; sheaths usually shorter than the internodes; ligule of dense short cilia, c. 0.5 mm long, collar hairs absent.

Panicle exserted, 8-13 cm long, loose, linear-oblong, the branches distant, with a few spikelets; spikelets 4- or 5-flowered, the florets shorter than the glumes; glumes 16-21 mm long, subequal, 7-9-nerved; body of the lemma c. 5 mm long (including the callus of c. 1 mm), hairs scattered on the back, with the uppermost hairs, and often the lowermost hairs, longer and in a definite whorl of tufts; lateral lobes c. 8 mm long including the 4-6 mm long awns; central awn strongly twisted up to 4 times in the lower part, exceeding the lateral lobes by 8-12 mm; palea 6-8 mm long, 2-fid at the apex, exceeding the sinus by at least 2 mm, pubescent on the back in the lower part; anthers 4-5 mm long, yellow, orange or salmon-red.

Conservation status: native Flowering time: Oct. — Feb.

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

Biology: No text

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