Citation: Merr., Philipp. J. Sci.(Bot.) 7:230 (1912).

Synonymy: Agrostis mattella L., Mant. Alt. 185 (1771); Z. pungens Willd., Neue Schr. Ges. naturf Freunde Berl. 3:441 (1801).

Common name: Manila grass.

Description:
Rhizome creeping, perennial; stems short, erect, bearing a small terminal spike; leaves distichous, glabrous, crowded, the short blades spreading, subulate, with incurved margins, sometimes almost pungent; ligule shortly hairy.

Spikes cylindrical, 5-12 mm long, of 5-8 spikelets which are 2-3 mm long, very shortly pedicellate, closely appressed to the flexuose unjointed rhachis; glume shining, often mucronate, completely enclosing the shorter hyaline lemma and the palea which is still smaller or sometimes wanting.

Published illustration: Gilliland (1971) A revised flora of Malaya 3:fig. 19.

Distribution:    Qld; Vic.; Tas.   Asia. Conservation status: native Flowering time: Nov. — Feb.

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

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