Rhizomatous or tufted perennials. Inflorescence a dense, contracted panicle. Spikelets 1-flowered; glumes 2, persistent, 1-nerved, stiffly ciliate along the keel; lemma 5-nerved, 2-lobed at apex, with an awn arising between the lobes.
7 species from Australia, New Guinea and New Zealand; all occurring in Australia, 3 in Victoria.
Source:
Walsh, N.G. (1994). Poaceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., Flora of Victoria Vol. 2, Ferns and Allied Plants, Conifers and Monocotyledons, pp. 356–627. Inkata Press, Melbourne.
