Citation: C.E. Hubb., Kew Bull. 1925:431 (1925).

Synonymy: S. clelandii Summerh. & C.E. Hubb., Kew Bull. 1927:362 (1927); S. pubescens R. Br. var. comosa J. Black, Fl. S. Aust. 66 (1922).

Common name: Crested Spear-grass.

Description:
Stem to 1 m high; nodes pubescent; sheaths tardily loose, densely pubescent (uppermost glabrous); ligule truncate or lacerate, 0.3-1.5 mm long; auricles hirsute; blades to 20 cm long, 2-5 mm wide, pubescent.

Panicle sparse, 10-30 cm long, contracted, 2-6 cm wide (excluding the awns); glumes closed but inflated at the middle, acuminate, striate; lower glume 10-17 (rarely to 20) mm long; upper glume 8-15 mm long; floret turbinate, 5-7 (rarely to 8)mm long (excluding the awn); lemma surface red-brown, tuberculate, with erect yellow or orange hairs to the apex; coma 2-3 (rarely to 5) mm long; callus 1.2-2.3 mm long, curved and sharp; awn 28-40 (rarely to 50)mm long; twice bent; column 13-20 mm long, scaberulous.

Distribution:    W.Aust.; Vic. Conservation status: native Flowering time: Sept. — Nov.

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

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