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Axonopus fissifolius (Raddi) Kuhlm
  
 
Common name: Narrow leaf Carpet Grass
 
Carpet Grass is a mat forming, perennial growing to 10–60 cm tall. The leaf-blades are flat or conduplicate and measure 4.5–22 cm long and 1.5–7 mm wide.  There are 2-4 unilateral spikes.
 
Distribution:
 
  

Northern Territory, Western Australia, South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria.
Western Australia: Drummond, Menzies, Warren. Northern Territory: Darwin & Gulf. South Australia: Southern Lofty. Queensland: Cook, North Kennedy, South Kennedy, Port Curtis, Burnett, Wide Bay, Darling Downs, Moreton. New South Wales: North Coast, Central Coast, South Coast, Northern Tablelands, Southern Tablelands, North-Western Slopes. Victoria: Riverina, Midlands, Gippsland Plains, East Gippsland.
Bibliography:
Simon, B.K. and Sharp, D. (2002) CD Ausgrass: grasses of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra and Environmental protection Agency, Brisbane.