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Densely or loosely tufted perennial 300-750 mm high; rhizomatous; vegetative parts very variable; basal sheath silky hairy; leaves either a dense basal tuft or cauline, base bare; culm single or profusely branched. Leaf blade 50-250 x 2-10 mm, margins ± cartilaginous, white and usually crinkled; ligule a fringe of hairs. Racemes 10-25 mm long, secund; rachis less than 1 mm wide, solid, triquetrous or crescentic, sometimes narrowly winged; spikelets covering whole length of the rachis, arranged in two rows; pedicels of equal lengths. Spikelet 2.3-4.5 mm long, stipe absent, with dense, long, silky, white, pink to red or purple hairs concentrated at the apex; lower glume 1/2 as long as spikelet, not separated from upper lemma by an internode, 3-nerved; lower lemma acute or rounded, with a short stout mucro or awn up to 1.5 mm long and lower palea similar; upper lemma ovate, striate, acute, rugulose; anther 1.0-2.5 mm long.
Densely tufted perennial, the basal sheaths silky tomentose; culms 20–100 cm. high.. Leaf-blades 5–25 cm. long, 2–10 mm. wide, glabrous to softly pilose, the margins ± cartilaginous.. Inflorescence of 5–15 racemes on an axis 3–15 cm. long; racemes short and compact, 0.5–2 cm. long, bearing the spikelets singly on a triquetrous rhachis beset with a few bristles.. Spikelets ovate-elliptic, 2.3–4.5 mm. long, with a transverse fringe of pink or silvery hairs 1–2.5 mm. long near the apex (rarely the fringe missing), otherwise pubescent, cuspidate to shortly awned, without a stipe; lower glume 1/2 the length of the spikelet, subacute; upper glume thinly cartilaginous, cuspidate; lower lemma similar to the upper glume, but thinly membranous about the midnerve, and acute or with an awn-point up to 1 mm. long; upper lemma ovate, striate, acute.
Perennial; up to 0.75 m high; densely or loosely tufted or rhizomatous; vegetative parts very variable. Culms single or profusely branched. Leaves sometimes in a dense tuft at base or cauline; leaving base bare; with blades 50-250 x 2-10 mm. Flowers: inflorescence subdigitate; racemes secund; 10-25 mm long; pedicels equal; spikelets 2.3-4.5 mm long; in 2 rows; with dense; long; silky; white or purple hairs concentrated at apex; lower lemma and palea extending into a short stout mucro up to 1.5 mm long.
Perennial, tufted (densely or loosely) or rhizomatous, up to 0.75 m high. Vegetative parts very variable; leaves sometimes in a dense tuft at base or cauline, leaving base bare; culms single or profusely branched. Leaf blades 50-250 mm long, 2-10 mm wide. Spikelets 2.3-4.5 mm long. Racemes secund, 10-25 mmlong; spikelets withdense, long, silky, white or purple hairs concentrated at apex; pedicels equal; lower lemma and palea extending into a short stout mucro up to 1 mm long.
Spikelets 2–4.5 mm. long, ovate-elliptic, with a transverse fringe of pink or silver hairs above (rarely the fringe missing) otherwise pubescent, cuspidate to acuminate (rarely obtuse), without a stipe.
Inflorescence of 5–15 racemes, these 0.5–2 cm. long, short and compact, bearing the spikelets in 2 rows on a triquetrous rhachis beset with a few bristles.
Inferior lemma hollowed along the mid-nerve, sometimes obtuse in our area but usually tipped by a subulate awn-point up to 1 mm. long.
Perennial to 75 cm. Leaves linear to lanceolate. Spikelets in short, spike-like branches, with long, silky white or purple hairs.
Inferior glume 1/2 length of spikelet, subacute; superior glume obtuse to acuminate.
Leaf laminae glabrous to softly pilose, the margins ± cartilaginous.
Tufted perennial, the basal sheaths silky tomentose.
Culms 20–100 cm. high, erect or ascending.
Superior lemma striate, acute.
