Triodia, one of the 3 genera in the tribe Triodieaea which includes Symplectrodia and Monodia. There are 65 described species (Lazarides 1997) with several currently  waiting to be described and one under review. The majority of species are described as hummocks due to the branching structure and erect hard leaves. Although there are some tussock forming species in the north-west, T. acutispicula, T. sp.nov.(aff. acutispicula).

T. sp.nov.(aff. acutispicula) from the central Kimberley in Western Australia
This species is interesting in that the middle and upper florets do not develop
normally. Only the awns grow and the lower 5 or 6 expand creating the star
shape shown above.