Citation: Steudel, Synops. Pl. glumac. 1:128 (1854).

Synonymy: S. eriopus Benth., Fl. Aust. 7:570 (1878); S. scabra Lindley var. occidentalis Benth., Fl. Aust. 7:571 (1878); S. scabra Lindley var. pubescens Benth., Fl. Aust. 7:571 (1878); S. leptophylla Hughes, Kew Bull. 1921:14 (1921); S. incurva Hughes, Kew Bull. 1921:16 (1921).

Common name: None

Description:
Stems to 1 m high; nodes glabrous; sheaths hirsute (but the upper sheaths puberulent or glabrous); ligule obtuse to obliquely truncate, 0.8-1 mm long (to 4 mm long if continuous with the sheath margin); auricles hirsute; blades to 30 cm long, 0.5-1.5 mm diam. (rolled), to 3 mm wide if expanded, scabrous to hirsute.

Panicle to 35 cm long, usually sparse, spreading, to 5 cm wide (excluding the awns); glumes gaping, acuminate; lower glume 13-20 mm long; upper glume 12-18 mm long; floret narrow-cylindrical, 7-8 mm long (excluding the awn); lemma black-brown, granular (tuberculate at the apex), with sparse erect white hairs, sparser at the apex; coma absent or obscure, to 1.5 mm long; callus 2.1-3.1 mm long, straight, sharp; awn 70-85 (rarely to 120) mm long, falcate; column 11-16 (rarely to 20) mm long, pubescent or villous.

Distribution:    W.Aust. Conservation status: native Flowering time: July — Nov.

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

Biology: No text

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