Citation: Trin. & Rupr., Mém. Acad. Sci. St Petersb. 5:5 (1842).

Synonymy: D. crinita sensu Jessop in J. Black, FI.S. Aust. 177 (1978), non (L.f.) Hook. f.

Common name: Long-hair plume-grass.

Description:
Tall tufted perennial, to 120 cm high; leaf blades flat, glabrous or pubescent, to 22 cm long, 2-5 mm broad.

Panicle dense, spike-like, to 20 cm long, silvery and very hairy; glumes 4.75-11.5 mm long; lemma 3.75-8 mm long (including the callus of 0.4-0.5 mm); awn untwisted, often flexuous, 2-4 cm long.

Published illustration: Burbidge (1970) Australian grasses 3: pl. 49.

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

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

Biology: The use of this name was proposed by B. Simon (pers. comm.) and its distribution outside S.Aust is not available. Most frequently grows in the open.

Author: Not yet available