Citation: Adamson & Sprague, Jl. S. Afr. Bot. 7:90 (1941).

Synonymy: Brizopyrum acutiflorum Nees, Fl. Afr. Aust. 1:371 (1841); Desmazeria acutliflora (Nees)Hemsl., Bot. Challenger Exped. 1, 2:91 (1884).

Common name: Desmazeria.

Description:
A slender straggling perennial, with culms 10-30 cm long; leaves glabrous or hairy.

Inflorescence a spike-like panicle 1-2.5 cm long; spikelets 4-5 mm long, usually 5-6-flowered; glumes acute, acuminate or minutely awned, glabrous or with a few hairs on the keel; lemmas acute, with bulb-shaped hairs on the keels and the margins.

Distribution:  Habitat in South Africa and Vic., in seasonally wet depressions.   Vic.   Native to south-western South Africa. Conservation status: naturalised Flowering time: Oct. — Nov.

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

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