Chionochloa rubra subsp. occulta Connor

Leaf-sheath to 30 cm, fracturing into short segments, dark brown, interribs with minute and long hairs. Leaf-blade to 1 m, falling with part of sheath; adaxially with dense weft of long hairs extending up leaf-blade or short hairs in rows, papillate or prickle-toothed above. Culm to 1.5 m, internodes sometimes long hairy, sheath glabrous. Lemma to 6 mm; hairs dense on margin, absent or very sparse elsewhere, < sinus; lateral lobes to 6 mm including awn to 2.5 mm.