Austrodanthonia H.P.Linder

Wallaby Grasses

26 species native Aust.; all states and territories except NT

Spikelets with 2–several florets, pedicellate or rarely almost sessile, in a loose panicle or raceme. Spikelets disarticulating above the glumes. Glumes keeled, awnless, usually as long as the spikelet. Lemma usually with a thickening (callous) below the terminal sinus, variously hairy or rarely glabrous, convex with 2 terminal lobes and a usually twisted and bent awn between them. Palea broad, conspicuous.