Citation: L., Sp. Pl. 1050 (1753).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: Burr grass.

Description:
Annual; culms erect or a~cending and rooting at the lower nodes, 15-60 cm long, branched; leaf blades flat or folded, 4-7 mm broad; ligule a ciliate rim.

Spike (excluding the spines) villous (or pubescent?), the turbinate base puberulent with a tuft of dense hairs at the base; spines finally spreading, flat, the lowest short and slender, the upper broadened at the base, more or less deltoid-subulate, to 3 mm broad and 5-8 mm long, villous on the inner face; spikelets usually 2 in each involucre, 7-8 mm long.

Published illustration: Gardner (1952) Flora of Western Australia 1:pl. 84A-B.

Distribution:    Native to North and South America. Conservation status: naturalised Flowering time: No flowering time is available

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

Biology: There is no specimen in AD.

Author: Not yet available