Citation: Hughes, Kew Bull. 1923:313 (1923).

Synonymy: Panicum brownii Roemer & Schultes, Syst. Veg. 2:462 (1817); P. leucophaeum Kunth var. monostachyum Benth., Fl. Aust. 7:472 (1878); D. brownii (Roemer & Schultes)Hughes var. monostach?a (Benth.) Hughes, Kew Bull. 1923:313 (1923).

Common name: Cotton grass, cotton panic grass.

Description:
Perennial, with erect stems 12-50 cm high; leaf blades narrow, flaccid; ligule oblong, glabrous, torn, c. 2 mm long; racemes 1-4, often 2, sessile, erect, at or near the summit of the slender stems, 2-10 cm long; spikelets silky-white or purple, 2-3 mm long, on unequal pedicels along the zig-zag rhachis; first glume minute; second glume and first (sterile) lemma equal, villous on the back, the second glume 3-nerved, the first lemma 5-nerved; second (fertile) lemma nearly as long, smooth.

Published illustration: Burbidge (1968) Australian grasses 2:pl. 29; Lazarides (1970) The grasses of Central Australia, pl. 29a; Cunningham et al. (1982) Plants of western New South Wales, p. 85.

Distribution:  S.Aust.: NW, LE, GT, FR, EA, EP, MU, SL.   All mainland States. 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: A valued pasture species of dry areas.

Author: Not yet available