Citation: Vick., Contr. N.S.W. natn. Herb. 1:13 (1939).

Synonymy: F. duriuscula L. var. aristata Benth., Fl. Aust. 7:664 (1878).

Common name: None

Description:
Rather slender but the erect stems stiff, subglabrous; leaves to 20 cm long, subsetaceous or very narrow-linear, mostly basal; ligule c. 0-2 mm long, truncate.

Panicle contracted or spreading, with mostly twin branches; spikelets c. 15 mm long, 4-6-flowered; first glume 4.5-5 mm long, l-3-nerved, the second 6-7 mm and 3-5-nerved; lemma 5-7-nerved, 9-11 mm long, scabrous on the upper part and towards the margins, narrowed into a fine awn 5-15 mm long; palea 2-toothed; anthers 3, c. 4 mm long.

Distribution:  S.Aust.: FR, EP, NL, SL. Conservation status: native Flowering time: not available.

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

Biology: No text

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