Citation: Benth., Fl. Aust. 7:569 (1878).

Synonymy: S. indeprensa J. Black, Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. 65:334 (1941); S. semibarbara R. Br. var. gracilis J. Black, Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. 67:36 (1943); S. nobtits Pilger in Diels & E. Pritzel, Bot. Jb. 35:70 (1904).

Common name: Spear-grass.

Description:
Stems rigid, to 1 m high; nodes pubescent; sheaths tightly rolled, scaberulous; ligule truncate, 1.5 (rarely 0.3)-3 mm long; auricles hirsute; blades to 20 cm long, 1.5-3 mm wide, scabrous to sparsely pubescent.

Panicle 10-25 cm long, contracted, t-3 cm wide (excluding the awns); glumes gaping, acute to acuminate; lower glume 15-20 mm long; upper glume 10-16 mm long; floret elliptic, 5-7.5 mm long (excluding the awn); lemma red-brown, smooth to granular upwards, with yellow hairs to the apex; callus 1.5-3 mm long, straight and sharp: awn 3-6 cm long, twice bent; column l-2 cm long, plumose.

Distribution:    W.Aust.; Vic. Conservation status: native Flowering time: mainly Oct. — Feb.

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

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