Enneapogon intermedius N.T.Burb. APNI* 
Description: Tufted perennial to 0.7 m high, with thickened hirsute base; culms few-noded, branched, not disarticulating.
Leaves with blade involute, 2–4 mm wide, pubescent or glabrous (rarely hirsute) with simple hairs.
Panicle spicate, sometimes interrupted, 3–14 mm long, 1.5–4 cm wide (including awns). Spikelets 3–6-flowered, with 1 or 2 fertile. Glumes usually obtuse to truncate, entire or erose; lower 3–7 mm long, 7–16-nerved; upper 4–8.5 mm long, 6–11-nerved. Body of basal lemma 2–3.5 mm long, nerves flattened, obscure; awns 3–9 mm long, plumose in the lower 70%. Palea membranous. Second floret similar to first. Upper florets reduced.
Flowering: in response to rain.
Distribution and occurrence: Grows on red earth soils, usually in Mulga, Green Mallee or Bimble Box communities.
NSW subdivisions: NWS, NWP, NFWP
Other Australian states: Qld Vic. W.A. S.A. N.T.
Text by S. W. L. Jacobs & S. M. Hastings
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 4 (1993)
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