Citation: Benth., Fl. Aust. 7:620 (1878).

Synonymy: Triodia parvifiora R. Br., Prod. Fl. Nov. Holl. 182 (1810).

Common name: Small-flowered beetle-grass.

Description:
Perennial, 60-120 cm or more high, glabrous; leaves with loose sheaths, blade to 30 cm or more long.

Panicle 20-30 cm long, with numerous branches to 13 cm long and divaricate at maturity; spikelets distinctly pedicellate, usually olive-green but becoming pale with age, 5-9-flowered, usually 7-8 mm long; first glume 1.75-2 mm long, the second 2.25-2.5 mm long; lemma 2.5-3 mm long, usually with a prominent mucro, hairy on the midnerve and the margins; palea glabrous.

Published illustration: Lazarides (1970) The grasses of Central Australia, pl. 31b.

Distribution:  In central Australia occurs in or near the water and is palatable.   W.Aust.; N.T.; Qld; N.S.W; Vic. Conservation status: native Flowering time: Jan. — March, recorded by Lazarides as March — May.

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

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