''Entolasia stricta'', commonly known as wiry panic, is a species of ''right angled'' grass in the family

Poaceae Poaceae () or Gramineae () is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the cereal grasses, bamboos and the grasses of natural grassland and species cultivated in lawns an ...

. It is found in eastern Australia on sandy or

sandstone Sandstone is a clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized (0.0625 to 2 mm) silicate grains. Sandstones comprise about 20–25% of all sedimentary rocks. Most sandstone is composed of quartz or feldspar (both silicates) ...

-based soils. The leaves are inrolled or curved inwards and somewhat rough to the touch.Robinson, L. ''Field Guide to the Native Plants of Sydney''. pg. 271. It first appeared in scientific literature in 1810 as ''Panicum strictum'' in the '' Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae'', authored by the prolific Scottish botanist Robert Brown. It was given its current name in 1923.

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