Citation: Henrard, Meded. Herb. Leid. 54:29 (1926).

Synonymy: A. adscensionis L. var. anthoxanthoides Domin, Biblthca bot. 85:343 (1915); A. depressa sensu Benth., Fl. Aust. 7:563 (1878), non Retz.

Common name: Yellow threeawn, pale wire-grass.

Description:
Tufted ephemeral to 45 cm tall; leaf blades conduplicate or rarely flat, minutely scabrous, somewhat rigid, to 9 cm long.

Inflorescence spike-like and dense, 3-7 x 1-3 cm; glumes slightly unequal, 1-nerved, with scabrid keels, mucronate, straw-coloured, the lower 4-6 mm long, the upper 6-7 mm long; lemma 5.5-7 mm long (including the callus of 0.8-1 mm), involute, tuberculate-scabrous in the upper half; awns subequal to equal, 8-13 mm long; grain 3-6 mm long, with a hilum 1-1.5 mm long.

Published illustration: Cunningham et al. (1982) Plants of western New South Wales, pl. 8a.

Distribution:  S.Aust.: NW, LE, GT, FR, EA, EP.   W.Aust.; N.T.; Qld; N.S.W. Conservation status: native Flowering time: March — Dec.

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

Biology: Described by Lazarides (1970) as "more palatable than many 3 awns and readily grazed when green".

Author: Not yet available