Flora of New Zealand Series

; Holotype: CHR 16542! A. P. Druce Te Mata Pk, Havelock North, c. 1000 ft, limestone cliff, Jan. 1967.

Spikelets of up to 4 florets. Glumes to 4 mm. Lemma to 4 mm, shorter and broader than typical form, hairs dense on margin, few aside central nerve; lateral lobes to 0.2 mm; central awn to 6 mm, reflexed, column absent. Palea to 4.5 mm, interkeel with a few short hairs.

N.: localised on Te Mata, Havelock North. Limestone cliffs.

Endemic.