Citation: Fassett, Rhodora 27:71 (1925).

Synonymy: Uniola distichophylla Labill., Nov. Holl. Pl. Sp. 1:21 (1805); D. maritima sensu Benth., Fl. Aust. 7:637 (1878), non Raf.; D. spicata sensu J. Black, Fl. S. Aust. 122 (1943), non (L.)Greene.

Common name: Emu (or salt) grass, Australian saltgrass.

Description:
Stems rigid, 10-30 cm high, rising from long creeping rhizomes; leaves rigid, subulate, almost pungent-pointed, arranged in 2 opposite rows, more or less spreading, often crowded.

Spikelets pale, usually 2-5 in a short terminal spike or raceme, 10-15 mm long, 3-5 mm broad, 6-14-flowered; lemmas 5-6 mm long.

Published illustration: Burbidge (1970) Australian grasses 3:pl. 58.

Distribution:  Grows in areas of high salinity, along the coast and in salt marshes. S.Aust.: LE, FR, EP, NL, MU, YP, SL, KI, SE.   N.S.W.; Vic.; Tas. Conservation status: native Flowering time: Oct. — Dec. and possibly until April.

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

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