Citation: S.T. Blake, Proc. R. Soc. Qld 80:62 (1969).

Synonymy: Andropogon bladhii Retz., Obs. Bot. 2:27 (1781); A. intermedius R. Br., Prod. Fl. Nov. Holl. 202 (1810); B. intermedia (R. Br.) A. Camus, Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon n.s. 76:164 (1931); A. inundatus F. Muell., Linnaea 25:444 (1853); B. inundata (F. Muell.) J. Black, Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. 60:163 (1936).

Common name: Forest blue-grass, mountain bluegrass.

Description:
Perennial, stems stiff, glabrous, 100-135 cm high; nodes usually pubescent; leaves glabrous, the blades flat, 6-8 mm broad; ligule short, truncate.

Panicle 8-15 cm long, the racemes, 2.5-5cm long, 10 to over 30 in number, with peduncles naked towards the base, arranged along a common rhachis 4-10 cm long, either simple or the lower racemes slightly branched; sessile spikelet 3-4 mm long; first glume glabrous except a few hairs near the base, 5-nerved between the 2 keels, sometimes pitted, second glume same length, ciliate on the margins and keel; first lemma glabrous, narrow, almost as long as the glumes, awn bent, 12-20 mm long; pedicellate spikelet of same length but narrower, male or sterile; anthers linear, yellow, nearly 2 mm long.

Published illustration: Lazarides (1970) The grasses of Central Australia, pl. 19b.

Distribution:  Rare in S.Aust. S.Aust.: FR.   All mainland States except Vic.   New Guinea. Conservation status: native Flowering time: June (1 record).

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

Biology: Palatable.

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