Citation: B. Simon, Austrobaileya 2:87, fig. 1B (1984).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: None

Description:
Tufted perennial to 80 cm tall; leaf blades flat to involute, to 20 cm x 2 mm.

Inflorescence narrow and spike-like, 11-40 x 1-3 cm; glumes unequal, smooth, the lower 6-11 mm long, with a scabrous keel, 1-nerved, aristulate, the upper 8-13 mm long; lemma 8-10.5 mm long (including the callus of 0.5-1 mm), convolute, densely spiny-tuberculate towards the apex; awns subequal 11-19 mm long, scaberulous, flattened, grain 6.5-7 mm long, with a hilum 2-3 mm long.

Distribution:  S.Aust.: LE, GT, FR, EA.   N.T. Conservation status: native Flowering time: April — May, rarely Oct. (1 record).

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

Biology: Not palatable.

Author: Not yet available