Citation: P. Morris, Victorian Nat. 51:146 (1934).

Synonymy: Danthonia archeri Hook. f., Fl. Tasm. 2:122 (1858); A. archeri (Hook. f.)P. Morris var. papillosus P. Morris, Victorian Nat. 51:147 (1934).

Common name: Pointed swamp wallaby-grass.

Description:
Caespitose perennial to 1.2 m tall; culms erect; leaf blades to 32 cm long, 2.5-4 mm wide, glabrous to scabrous below, deeply ribbed with short stiff hairs on the ribs above; ligule acute to long-acute, 4.5-12.5 mm long.

Panicle erect, tardily exserted, to 35 cm long; spikelets 12-18 mm long, with 3-7 bisexual florets; glumes unequal, glabrous; lemma more or less smooth to densely papillose or with tubercle-based prickles, 6-7.8 mm long; lemma apex 4-toothed, the nerves of the teeth extending into hispid bristles, often dark in colour, the inner teeth (including bristles) 2.7-3.8 mm long, the outer tooth-bristles usually shorter or sometimes not developed (occasionally the lobes may be fused but separating easily); awn arising 30-45% of the lemma length from the lemma tip, bent, twisted, scabrous, 14.5-17.5 mm long, pale-green to a dark purple-brown.

Grain yellow-brown, glabrous, 1.76-2.18 mm long.

Distribution:  S.Aust.: FR, EP, NL, MU, SL, KI, SE.   Vic.; Tas. Conservation status: native Flowering time: Oct. — Jan.

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

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