Homopholis belsonii C.E.Hubb. APNI* 
Description: Rhizomatous and/or stoloniferous perennial to 0.5 m high.
Leaves with sheath glabrous, auriculate; ligule 0.8–1.5 mm long; blade 2–4.5 mm wide, glabrous though sometimes ciliate at the base.
Inflorescence not fully exserted, common axis 8–15 cm long; primary branches 8–15 cm long, with hairy axils. Spikelets 2 or 3 on a typical lowermost branch, laterally compressed, 4.8–8 mm long. Lower glume equal to the spikelet, 7-nerved, glabrous, with a pronounced rachilla above; upper 4.5–6 mm long, sparsely hairy. Lower lemma 4.2–5.5 mm long, 7-nerved, glabrous to shortly hairy, sterile, palea reduced or absent. Upper lemma c. 65% the length of the spikelet, 5–7-nerved, the margins membranous.
Flowering: summer.
Distribution and occurrence: Grows in dry woodland. Jacobs & Wall (1993) described the habitat as 'poor soils'. Recent field observations suggest this species grows on fertile clay soils that have mostly been cleared for cropping (J. Hosking, pers. comm.). North from the Edgeroi district. Also Qld. Updated by K.L.Gibbons, 18/08/2020.
NSW subdivisions: NWS, NWP
Other Australian states: Qld
Threatened species: NSW BCA: Endangered; Commonwealth EPBC: Vulnerable
Text by S. W. L. Jacobs & C. A. Wall
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 4 (1993)
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