Entolasia stricta

{{Short description|Species of grass}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}

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|image = Entolasia stricta.jpg

|genus = Entolasia

|species = stricta

|authority = (R.Br.) D.K.Hughes

|synonyms = Panicum strictum

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Entolasia stricta, commonly known as wiry panic, is a species of right angled grass in the family Poaceae. It is found in eastern Australia on sandy or sandstone-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. {{ISBN|9780731812110}} 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.{{APNI | name = Panicum strictum R.Br. | id = 44965}} It was given its current name in 1923.{{APNI | name = Entolasia stricta (R.Br.) Hughes | id = 60475}}