Citation: Benth., Fl. Aust. 7:582 (1878).

Synonymy: Calamagrostis densa (Benth.)Maiden & Betche, Census N.S.W. plants 21 (1916), nom. illegit.

Common name: None

Description:
Stout or slender glabrous grass, 50-100 cm high; leaves narrow; ligule 2-5 mm long, obtuse.

Panicle narrow but lobed towards the base, 8-18 cm long; glumes 4.5-5 mm long; lemma slightly shorter, acute, shortly 4-toothed, 4-nerved towards the summit and with a fifth nerve descending from the base of the awn, scabrous on the nerves and tuberculate in the upper part or all over; awn 5-6 mm long, attached a little above the middle and shortly exserted; tuft short; bristle hairy, about one-third as long as the lemma.

Distribution:  S.Aust.: SL, KI, SE.   Vic.; Tas. Conservation status: native Flowering time: Oct. — Jan.

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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