Anthoxanthum brevifolium Stapf

Tufted, rhizomatous perennial, 150-220 mm high; leaves crowded at base. Leaf blade up to 37.5 x 5.6 mm, short, broad, apex blunt; ligule an unfringed membrane. Inflorescence a narrow, spike-like panicle, 30-40 mm long. Spikelet 7 mm long, laterally compressed; glumes unequal, subacuminate, glabrous or scabrid on back, keels smooth or scaberulous; lower glume 1-nerved, subhyaline; upper glume 3-nerved, longer than and enfolding spikelet. Florets 3; lower 2 florets male or sterile, lower lemma 5-nerved, light brown, not densely hairy, hairs somewhat shaggy, with a short straight awn from above middle of back, second lemma awned from near base, awn geniculate, lower part twisted; uppermost floret bisexual, lemma glabrous, awnless; anther 2.4 mm long. Flowering time Mar.