Citation: Benth., Fl. Aust. 7:612 (1878).

Synonymy: C. divaricata R. Br. vat. minor J. Black, Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. 37:124 (1913).

Common name: Comb windmill grass, comb chloris.

Description:
Annual, with erect or ascending stems, usually 10-40 cm high, largely glabrous; leaf blade flat, 2-3 mm broad; culms simple or branched; spikes erect to slightly reflexed, usually 4-7, usually 4-6 cm long, turning purplish; spikelets closely packed; glumes hyaline or membranous, the first 1.5-2 mm long, the second 3-4 mm long; lemmas cartilaginous, the first (fertile) 2-lobed, 3-5.5 mm long, smooth or shortly hairy, awn 8-20 mm long, second (sterile) lemma awned, deeply 2-lobed, the lobes acute.

Published illustration: Lazarides (1970) The grasses of Central Australia, pl. 25a.

Distribution:  Grows in temporarily wet places in dry regions. S.Aust.: NW, LE, GT, FR, EA, NL, YP, SL.   all mainland States except Vic. Conservation status: native Flowering time: recorded in April, Aug. and Oct.

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

Biology: Moderately palatable.

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