Baloskion tetraphyllum (Labill.) B.G.Briggs & L.A.S.Johnson

Culms much branched 100–150 cm high, with dense clusters of filiform dichotomous green barren branches in the axils of the leaf sheaths. Rhizome creeping, woolly. Spikelets in a long narrow loose panicle mostly c. 30 cm long. Male spikelets narrow-ovate to nearly globular, 4–6 mm long; female spikelets usually narrower and longer. Perianth segments 6 in the male flowers, 4 in the female. Coast and adjacent plateaus. Wet ground