Citation: Hook., Hook. Ic. 8:t. 728 (1845).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: Dwarf arrowgrass.

Description:
Slender annual with illiform leaves shorter than the erect or ascending scape, which is 5-15 cm high.

Racemes 2-6 cm long, 6-23-flowered.

Fruits narrowly pyramidal, 3-5 mm long, c. 1 mm thick near the base, on slender pedicels 1-3 mm long; each fertile carpel keeled down the back when dry, with no prominent spurs, but only 2 short acute protuberances at the base of each carpel.

Distribution:  Grows in damp soil but not in permanent water.   All States. Conservation status: native Flowering time: Fruits: May — Oct.

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