Plant caespitose, or stems shortly decumbent in small dense mats. Leaves flat or slightly concave, erect to spreading, often crowded towards the stem apex, usually 8-20 cm long, 1-1.5 mm wide, glaucous; apex shortly acute to rounded-truncate; sheath margins (at least of sterile shoots) abruptly narrowed at the top, readily lacerated, lattice-like, white or pale brown. Male inflorescence at least n of leaf length, usually 10 cm long, occasionally up to 15 cm; scape usually not exposed above leaf bases, rarely exposed up to 2.5 cm; rachis branched or unbranched, the lowest node often with 2 or 3 whorled branches. Female inflorescence to 1.5 cm diam.; scape concealed or exposed for up to 2.5 cm. Bracts and flowers as in Lomandra obliqua .