Plants tufted. Leaves neither glaucous nor waxy, to 35 cm long, 0.4–1 mm diam., with elongated scabrosities or short, stiff hairs, antrorsely inclined; ligule 0.4–0.9 mm long. Spikelets 4–7 mm long. Flowers mainly Oct.–Feb.
LoM, MuM, Wim, GleP, VVP, VRiv, MuF, GipP, OtP, WaP, Gold, CVU, GGr, DunT, NIS, EGL, EGU, WPro, HSF, HNF, OtR, Strz, MonT, VAlp. Also Qld, NSW, ACT. Occurs through the range of the species, usually in drier forest types and sometimes grasslands than do either var. sieberiana or var. cyanophylla.
