Aristida spuria Domin

Compactly tufted, short-lived perennials. Culms 20–13 mm long, acute, glabrous or hairy (rarely pilose); lower glume entire, 3 (sub 5)-nerved; upper glume notched, 1-nerved. Lemma 7–12 mm long, subequal to both glumes, involute, smooth or muriculate apically, without an articulation or pseudoarticulation; groove smooth; column distinct, 4–9 mm long, scaberulous; median awn 6–20 mm long; lateral awns extremely short or absent, 0–4 mm long, terete, straight. Caryopsis furrowed in T.S., 4.8–8 mm long, more than twice embryo length.

Grows in sandy and loamy soils in Eucalyptus woodlands, sometimes in elevated areas and off-shore islands.