Citation: F. Muell., J. Trans. Vict. Inst. 1:44 (1835).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: Brush wire-grass.

Description:
Short tufted perennial 24-40 cm tall; leaf blades convolute, up to 25 cm long and c. 2 mm wide.

Inflorescence dense and contracted, 6-15 cm long and almost as wide; glumes unequal, the lower about two-thirds the length of the upper, 1-nerved, keels scabrid, the lower 7-12 mm long, aristulate, the upper 14-20 mm long, with an awn 1-2.5 mm long; lemma 7-12 mm long (including the callus of 0.9-1 mm), convolute, smooth to sometimes scabrous apically; awns 18-56 mm long, subequal, the laterals shorter by 1-5 mm, filiform; grain 7-8 mm long, with a hilum 3-5 mm long.

Published illustration: Cunningham et al. (1982) Plants of western New South Wales, pl. 8c & p. 55.

Distribution:  Usually in dry ground. S.Aust.: FR, EA, EP, NL, MU, YP, SL.   N.S.W.; Vic. Conservation status: native Flowering time: mainly Sept. — Nov., but can flower at all times of the year.

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