Citation: Lindley in T.L. Mitchell, J. Trop. Austral. 31 (1848).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: None

Description:
Stems to 0.5 m high; nodes glabrous; sheaths tightly rolled, glabrous to pubescent; ligule truncate, 0.3-1 (rarely to 1.5) mm long (to 4 mm long if continuous with the sheath margin); auricles glabrous or hirsute; blades to 25 cm long, 0.7-1.5 (rarely to 2) mm wide, scabrous.

Panicle to 30 cm long, dense or sparse, contracted or spreading, 0.5-3 (usually 1-2) cm wide (excluding the awns); glumes scarcely gaping, acute to acuminate; lower glume 8-15 (usually 9-10) mm long; upper glume 9 (rarely 6)-13 mm long (excluding the awn); lemma pale-brown, smooth to granular, with appressed white hairs to the apex; coma absent or obscure to 0.4 mm long; callus 1.4 (rarely 1)-2 mm long, straight, sharp; awn 3-7 cm long falcate; column 8 (rarely 5.5)-15 mm long, scabrous.

Published illustration: Cunningham et aL (1982) Plants of western New South Wales, p. 145.

Conservation status: native Flowering time: No flowering time is available

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

Biology: No text

Author: Not yet available