Slender, tufted. Flowering culms 44–60 cm high, branched or not. Leaves basal; basal sheaths carinate, tight; orifice bearded, with stiff hairs 0.8–4 mm long; external ligule absent or a ciliolate membrane; blade usually flat, 4–10 cm long, 0.6–1.7 (–2) mm wide. Inflorescences digitate; branches 2–4, 5–11 cm long, usually flexible. Glumes: lower glume 2–3.6 mm long, muticous or aristulate; upper glume 4.1–5.3 mm long, with awn usually less than 1 mm long. Callus 0.8–1.2 mm long. Basal lemma narrowly lanceolate to oblong, 4.8–7 mm long, acuminate, entire or minutely notched, cartilaginous, smooth on surface or scaberulous towards apex; awn much longer than lemma body, 9.5–12.8 mm long. Basal palea usually acuminate.
Occurs in Brigalow (Acacia harpophylla) country, in heavy soils,or in Eucalyptus forest on sand and sandstone slopes and hilltops.
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