Citation: R. Br., Prod. Fl. Nov. Holl. 210 ( 1810).

Synonymy: Ehrharta distichophylla Labill., Nov. Holl. Pl. Sp. 1:90 (1805).

Common name: Hairy rice-grass.

Description:
Perennial, with decumbent pubescent stems, sometimes matforming; culms to 60 cm high; leaves usually distichous, flat or involute, with a paler upper surface, blades to 6 cm but often less than 3 cm long.

Raceme erect, usually less than 2 cm long; spikelets usually fewer than 10, less than 6 mm long, usually pubescent; glumes c. 1 mm long; sterile lemmas obtuse or truncate, mucronate; the first sterile lemma about half as long as the second; the second sterile lemma similar to the fertile lemma.

Distribution:  S.Aust.: SE.   Vic.; Tas. Conservation status: native Flowering time: Sept., March.

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

Biology: The only fertile specimens from S.Aust. has rather long pedicels (c. 5 mm) and a larger difference in size between the second sterile lemma and the fertile lemma than in specimens seen from Vic.

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