Citation: C.H. Blom, Acta Horti gothoburg. 5:89 (1930).

Synonymy: Glyceria stricta Hook. f., Fl. Nov. Zel. 1:304 (1853); Poa syrtica F. Muell., J. Trans. Vict. Inst. 1855:45 (1855). , Atropis stricta, Festuca syrtica, Panicularia syrtica, Puccinellia stricta

Common name: Australian saltmarsh-grass, marshgrass.

Description:
A tufted glabrbus annual, 15-60 cm high; leaves erect, the sheaths rather loose, the uppermost usually clasping the base of the particle; the blades setaceous; ligule 1-2 mm long, oblong or ovate.

Panicle very narrow, 5-15 cm long, the branches quite erect at first, only spreading somewhat when ripe; spikelets narrow, linear, 6-12-flowered, 6-10 mm long, on short stiff pedicels; glumes 1-3 mm long, the first 1-nerved, the second 3-nerved; lemmas obtuse, glabrous except for a few short hairs at the base of the nerves, 5-nerved, 2-3 mm long, minutely denticulate at the apex.

Published illustration: Cunningham et al. (1982) Plants of western New South Wales, p. 136.

Distribution:  Occurs in salt-marshes near the sea and near brackish water inland. S.Aust.: LE, FR, EA, EP, NL, MU, YP, SL, KI, SE.   All States except the N.T. and Qld. Conservation status: native Flowering time: Sept. — Jan.

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

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