Citation: S.T. Blake, Proc. R.Soc. QM 59:156 (1948).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: Tall cupgrass.

Description:
Annual or shortly perennial, with several stems, 60-100 cm high; leaves glabrous, usually flat, 2-5 mm broad; sheath scarcely inflated; ligule of hairs c. 1 mm long.

Panicle 10-20 cm long, with several erect scabrous branches 1.5-4 cm long; the pedicels 1-2 mm long, scabrous and with long deciduous hairs at or near the summit; spikelets moderately silky, 3.5-4.5 mm long, acute or shortly acuminate; fertile lemma 2-3 mm long, with a mucro less than 0.5 mm long.

Published illustration: Cunningham et al. (1982) Plants of western New South Wales, p. 107.

Distribution:  S.Aust.: LE, EA, MU.   N.T.; Qld; N.S.W. Conservation status: native Flowering time: probably in all months.

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

Biology: No text

Taxonomic notes: It is likely that several specimens from LE presently identified as E. pseudoacrotricha should be placed here but further examination is needed of the differences between these species.

Author: Not yet available