Citation: Kunth, Enum. Pl. 1:315 (1833) var. fulva Vick., Contr. N.S.W. natn. Herb. 1:299 (1950).

Synonymy: D. semiannularis (Labill.)R. Br. var. browniana Domin, Biblthca bot. 85:363 (1915), partly; Rytidosperma linkii (Kunth) Connor & Edgar, New Zealand J. Bot. 17:332 (1979); R. linkii (Kunth) Connor & Edgar var. fulvum (Vick.) Connor & Edgar, New Zealand J. Bot. 17:332 (1979).

Common name: None

Description:
Erect densely tufted very leafy subglabrous perennial, to 70 cm high; ligule of short cilia c. 1.2 mm long, collar hairs 3-4 mm long; leaves firm, flat or involute, 20-30 cm long, 1.5-3 mm broad, glabrous or sparsely pilose on the abaxial surface.

Panicles with a few to many spikelets, elongate and loose, sometimes sparse and almost linear, 4-12 cm long, branches up to 4 cm long; spikelets pale, 5- or 6-flowered, crowded, shorter than the glumes except for the shortly exserted awns; glumes subequal, 12-21 mm long, with an acuminate tip; lemma pale, sometimes striate, lanceolate, 3-4 mm long (including the densely hairy callus of 1 mm), covered uniformly over the back with short hairs which grade into a row of fine hairs to 5 mm long just below the sinus; lateral lobes 7-9 mm long with the awns 3-4 mm long; central awn 7-12 mm long, brown and twisted for 3-4 mm at the base, exceeding the lateral lobes by up to 5 mm; palea obtriangular with an extended usually 2-fid tip, 4.5-5.5 mm long, exceeding the sinus by c. 2 mm, c. 4.5 mm long, rather hairy on the back; anthers 0.5-2 mm long, yellow-orange; grain c. 2 mm long.

Published illustration: Burbidge (1968) Australian grasses 2: pl. 16a.

Distribution:    N.S.W.; Vic.(the typical variety also occurs in Qld). Conservation status: native Flowering time: Nov. and March.

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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