Citation: Domin, Biblthca Bot. 85:347 (1915).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: Unequal threeawn.

Description:
Tufted perennial to 40 cm tall, with branched glaucous culms; leaf blades flat, scabrous above, becoming curly when old.

Inflorescence narrow-cylindrical, to c. 15 x c. 3 cm; glumes inverse, l-nerved, scabrous, the lower c. 10 mm long, acuminate, the upper c. 7 mm long, aristulate; lemma c. 6.5 mm long (including the callus of c. 1 mm), involute, muricate in the furrow, smooth, with purplish blotches, with a pseudo-articulation at the apex; awns equal, c. 21 mm long; grain c. 4 mm long, with a hilum c. 2.5 mm long.

Published illustration: Lazarides (1970) The grasses of Central Australia, pl. 15a.

Distribution:  S.Aust.: NW, LE.   W.Aust.; N.T.; Qld. Conservation status: native Flowering time: Aug. (2 records).

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

Biology: Not generally eaten by stock.

Author: Not yet available