Tufted annual, culms slender, erect or ascending, to 60 cm high. Leaf-blades mostly inrolled, to 15 cm long and 1.5 mm wide. Inflorescence a one-sided panicle (rarely a raceme), erect, 2–15 cm long, well exserted from uppermost leaf-sheath. Spikelets 5–10 mm long (excluding awns), 3–7-flowered, mostly fertile; lower glume 1–3 mm long (one-quarter to one-half as long as upper), upper glume 4–10 mm, unawned or with an awn to 2 mm; body of lemma 4–7 mm long, smooth to finely scabrous, awn usually 2–3 times as long as lemma body, callus rounded, c. 0.2–0.3 mm long. Flowers mainly Sep.–Dec.
LoM, MuM, Wim, GleP, VVP, VRiv, MSB, RobP, MuF, GipP, OtP, Gold, CVU, GGr, DunT, NIS, EGL, EGU, HSF, HNF, Strz. All States except NT. Native to southern Europe. Scattered throughout the State, mostly on drier sandy soils, apparently absent from high-rainfall areas.
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.
