Apparently a rare sterile hybrid between L. adamsoniiand L. deflexa and known from a few saline swamps in central south-west Victoria (near Streatham, Skipton and Derrinallum). It resembles L. adamsonii in the relatively weak, non-geniculate awn, and retains the scabrous-sided glumes of L. deflexa. The somewhat contracted panicle of L. ×contracta is not characteristic of either presumed parent.
