Citation: E. Pritzel, Reprium nov. Spec. Regni veg. 15:356 (1918).

Synonymy: T. pungens sensu J. Black, FI.S. Aust. 74 (1922), non R. Br.

Common name: Lobed spinifex, hard spinifex.

Description:
Tussocks pyramidal and sometimes becoming annular or crescentic owing to the death of the older culms in the centre; leaf blades glabrous, at least 10 cm long, the sheaths woolly-tomentose especially around the orifice, becoming glabrous with age.

Panicle exserted, 8-12 cm long, 1-2 cm broad, the branches 1-2 cm long, with very few spikelets; spikelets 6-8-flowered, ovate or oblong, 10-12 mm long; glumes 6-8 mm long, 7-1 l-nerved; lemmas 6-8 mm long, villous near the base, the 3-nerved scarious lobes as long as the horny body, the 2 lateral ones broad, obtuse or acute and glabrous except for the marginal cilia, the central one acute or subobtuse and rather longer.

Published illustration: Williams (1980) Native plants of Queensland, p. 275; Lazarides (1970) The grasses of Central Australia, pl. 60a.

Distribution:  Characteristic especially of sandy regions. S.Aust.: NW, LE, NU, FR.   W.Aust.; N.T.; Qld; N.S.W. Conservation status: native Flowering time: appears to be throughout the year.

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

Biology: Described by Lazarides (1970) as "undoubtedly the most common grass in Central Australia".

Author: Not yet available