Citation: F. Muell., Fragm. Phyt. Aust. 8:200 (1874).

Synonymy: Panicum munroi F. Muell., Fragm. Phyt. Aust. 5:204 (1866).

Common name: Window (or slender-headed) mulga-grass.

Description:
Stems slender, stiff, 20-30 cm high, from a more or less woolly base; leaves chiefly basal, 2-12 cm long, 1.35-3.5 mm broad, mostly channelled-subulate, minutely hispidulous above; ligule of hairs 0.4-0.7 mm long.

Raceme narrowly oblong, 2.5-5.5 cm long, silky; spikelets bearded at the base; first glume convex below, flat above, 7-nerved, slightly acuminate but awnless, puberulent or glabrous, the second 7-nerved, shortly awned, reaching to the top of the spikelet, internerves membranous above but hardened below, convex below, pubescent below but often glabrous above; first lemma thinner than the glumes, 4-5 mm long, slightly emarginate at the tip, 5-7-nerved, with a palea and male floret, second (fertile) lemma c. 3.5-4 mm long, ciliate at the tip but glabrous elsewhere.

Distribution:  Grows mainly on stony ground and deeper red sands in mulga scrub. S.Aust.: NW, LE, NU, GT, FR.   All mainland States except W.Aust. Conservation status: native Flowering time: May — Oct.

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

Biology: Palatable especially when young.

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