Citation: A. Camus, Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat.(Paris) 27:549 (1921).

Synonymy: Andropogon affinis R. Br., Prod. Fl. Nov. Holl. 201 (1810); A. annulatus Forsskål var. humilis Benth., Fl. Aust. 7:531 (1878); D. humilius J. Black, Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. 60:164 (1936).

Common name: Dwarf blue-grass.

Description:
Stems 10-30 cm high; nodes bearded; leaves glabrous or with scattered tubercle-seated hairs; ligule truncate, ciliate.

Racemes 2-6, 1.5-4 cm long, less densely silky than in D. sericeum; first glume of sessile spikelets c. 4 mm long, 3-5-nerved between the 2 keels, bordered by irregularly placed long hairs; second (fertile) lemma c. 2 mm long, with an awn 20-22 mm long; first glume of pedicellate spikelets 7-9-nerved between the keels; second lemma of pedicellate spikelets 0.

Published illustration: Lazarides (1970) The grasses of Central Australia, pl. 21a.

Distribution:    All mainland States except Vic. Conservation status: native Flowering time: Aug. — Sept.

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

Biology: Not often grazed.

Author: Not yet available