Tufted perennial or annual; inflorescence a panicle. Spikelets 1-flowered; glumes 2, persistent; lemma 2-lobed at apex, with a strong, twisted central awn and two weaker awns either side, glabrous except for the tufted callus hairs.
An endemic, monotypic Australian genus.
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.
