Citation: C.E. Hubb., Kew Bull. 1934:450 (1934).

Synonymy: G. fluitans sensu J. Black, Fl. S. Aust. 125 (1943), non (L.) R. Br.

Common name: Australian sweet grass.

Description:
Stout glabrous perennial, 40 cm to 1 m high, with a creeping rootstock; blades flat, 3-8 mm broad, finally striate longitudinally and with tranverse nerves; ligule oblong, 5-6 mm long.

Panicle narrow but loose, unilateral, 30-55 cm long, the distant slender solitary or twin branches bearing 1-4 spikelets; spikelets at first almost cylindrical, later broader and flattish, 10-30 mm long, 6-14-flowered; glumes thin, subobtuse, the first 5-7 mm long, the second 5-6 mm long, both 1-nerved; lemmas acuminate, 6-10 mm long, 7-nerved and minutely scabrous on the nerves.

Published illustration: Cunningham et al. (1982) Plants of New South Wales, p. 109.

Distribution:  Grows in or near water of creeks and fresh water swamps. S.Aust.: NL, MU, SL, KI, SE.   All States except the N.T. and Qld. 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

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