Citation: Benth., Fl. Aust. 7:644 (1878).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: Drooping lovegrass.

Description:
Annual or short-lived perennial 30-60 (rarely 9-85) cm high, mostly glabrous and smooth, often purple near the base; culms erect or sometimes geniculate and rooting at the lower nodes, simple or branched, 2-4-noded; blades flat and up to 3.8 mm wide or convolute.

Grain compressed laterally, linear-oblong.

Published illustration: Lazarides (1970) The grasses of Central Australia, pl. 40c; Cunningham et al. (1982) Plants of western New South Wales, p. 102.

Distribution:  S.Aust.: NW, LE, GT, FR, EA, MU.   All mainland States except Vic. Conservation status: native Flowering time: throughout the year.

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

Biology: Not grazed.

Author: Not yet available