Citation: Baillon, Hist. Pl. 12:280 (1893).

Synonymy: Agrostis quadrifida Labill., Nov. Holl. Pl. Sp. 1:20 (1805); P. billardieri R. Br., Prod. Fl. Nov. Holl. 173 (1810).

Common name: Five-awned spear-grass.

Description:
Erect, usually 30-60 cm high; leaf blades 8-18 cm long, glabrous, pubescent or scabrid.

Panicle 5-15 cm long, to 25 mm broad, moderately dense to rather open, a light brownish; spikelets narrow; first glume 1-nerved, 6-8 mm long, the second 3-nerved, 9-15 mm long; lemma c. 4 mm long (excluding the awn); column of the central awn 5-10 mm long, bristle 10-15 mm long; lateral awns 7-8 mm long.

Published illustration: Burbidge (1968) Australian grasses 2:pl. 21.

Distribution:  Grows in rather open localities.   N.S.W.; Vic.; Tas. Conservation status: native Flowering time: only recorded in Jan.

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

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