Citation: J. Black, Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. 66:248 (1943).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: None

Description:
Small rigid glabrous perennial, with dense tufts of shoots and elongate slender rhizomes clothed with rather thin long pointed scales; culms erect, 5-10 cm high; leaf blades inrolled-terete, usually glabrous below but scabrous above.

Panicle 1.5-3 cm long, contracted and almost spikelike with 1-3 short erect branches; spikelets 2-4 flowered, 4-5 mm long; glumes c. 3 mm long, 3-nerved; lemmas c. 3-3.5 mm long, hairy on the keel and nerves and often on the internerves; web copious.

Distribution:  S.Aust.: SL, KI, SE. 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

Biology: Considered by Vickery to be very close to P. poiformis but sufficiently distinguished by the long scaly rhizomes and low size.

Author: Not yet available