Triodia mitchellii var. pubivagina N.T.Burb. APNI*
Description: Lower leaves with sheath silky with hairs to 4 mm long; upper sheaths with scattered hairs to 3 mm long or glabrous; sheath margins fimbriate with hairs to 4 mm long. Inflorescence paniculate open, lanceolate; axils sometimes pubescent with hairs to 3 mm long. Glumes 4–6 mm long apical region sometimes scabrous, margins scabrous. Lemma 5–6 mm long, lower 75% silky with hairs to 1.5 mm long, silky toward margins with hairs to 1 mm long; lobes to 0.5–1.5 mm long.
Flowering: Flowers in response to rain.
Distribution and occurrence: Grows on sandplains.
NSW subdivisions: NWS, CWS, NWP
Other Australian states: Qld
Text by S. W. L. Jacobs & K. L. McClay Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 4 (1993) and Grasses of New South Wales, Fourth Edition (2008).
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