Stems 30–100 cm long, green, flattened, green tissue interrupted by lines of enlarged epidermal cells or by pillar cells (lacking chloroplasts), striate, at least when dry; glabrous or hairy, sometimes with a greyish covering of closely appressed, broad, multicellular hairs. Sheathing leaves 10–25 mm long, closely appressed, thin, pale; apex obtuse. Male spikelets 5–8(–11) mm long. Male flowers with anthers exserted on slender filaments. Female spikelets 5–10 mm long; floral bracts overlapping, 4–8 mm long (those of male spikelets slightly shorter than those of female), with apex long-acuminate. Style exserted and usually curved Flowers (Sep.–)Nov.–Mar.(–Jun.).
GleP, VVP, GGr, EGL, EGU, WPro, HSF. Also SA, Qld, NSW, Tas. Locally common in damp heathlands, often with Xanthorrhoea species.
Source:
Conn, B.J. (1994). Restionaceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., Flora of Victoria Vol. 2, Ferns and Allied Plants, Conifers and Monocotyledons, pp. 179–190. Inkata Press, Melbourne.
