Loosely tufted or rhizomatous perennial, culms ascending, to 1 m high. Leaf-blades to 30 cm long and 14 mm wide, narrowly tapered and acute at apex; sheaths closed toward base, transverse veins indistinct or lacking; ligules 2–9 mm long, truncate, soon becoming shredded. Inflorescence a loose, slender panicle, or sometimes a raceme, often appearing one-sided, 10–50 cm long; spikelets 7–16-flowered, 15–25 mm long; lower glume 1.5–2.5 mm long, upper glume c. 1–1.5 mm longer than lower; lemma prominently 7-nerved, ovate, 3.5–5 mm long, firm except for membranous apex which is entire (sometimes weakly and irregularly indented); palea bifid, the two teeth equal to or not quite reaching the lemma tip. Flowers Nov.–Jan.
CVU, GGr, EGL, HSF, HNF, VAlp. Currently known from scattered localities in cooler parts of the state (e.g. Grampians, Gembrook, Healesville, Trentham, Lake Buffalo), where found growing in wet ground adjacent to creeks or ditches.
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.
