Derivation
Agrostis L., Sp. Pl. 61 (1753); from the Greek agrostis (a forage plant, a kind of grass), cf. agros (a field).

Common synonyms
Agrostis aff. hiemalis TAS

Habit
Perennial, tufted. Basal leaf sheaths glabrous. Culms 40 cm tall. Mid-culm internodes glabrous. Leaves mostly basal. Ligule an eciliate membrane, 2.5 mm long. Leaf-blades flat or conduplicate, 40 cm long, 1 mm wide.

Inflorescence
Inflorescence compound, a panicle, exserted. Panicle open, pyramidal, 14 cm long. Primary panicle branches spreading.

Spikelets
Fertile spikelets 1-flowered, comprising 1 fertile floret, 2.5 mm long.

Glumes
Lower glume 2.5 mm long. Upper glume 2 mm long.

Florets
Fertile lemma 1.75 mm long, 5-nerved. Lemma apex muticous. Palea absent or minute. Anthers 3, 0.5 mm long.

Continental Distribution:
Australasia.

Australian Distribution:
Tasmania: South West.

Classification. (GPWG 2001):
Pooideae: Aveneae

Notes
Endemic to Tas., recorded only from Hartz Pass, Hartz Mtns Natl Park.

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