Cyathocoma hexandra (Nees) J.Browning

Perennial herb, up to 1.5 m high, shortly rhizomatous. Leaf blades stout, semi-terete, grooved, ± 5 mm in diam. Culm stout, terete, grooved, 1.5-2.5 mm in diam. below inflorescence. Inflorescence a compact panicle, 300-600 x 25-75 mm. Subtending bracts 1 from each node, leaf-like, sheaths conspicuous, dark chestnut red. Primary inflorescence units densely clustered. Spikelets compressed, elliptical, ± 10 mm long. Glumes: fertile lanceolate, ± 8.5 mm long, keel shortly excurrent. Perianth of (3-)6 or 7 slender, flexuous, apically villous bristles, at least some of them longer than nutlet plus style base. Flowering time Aug.-Nov. Nutlet obovate, stalked, including style base 2.5-3.0 x 1.5 mm, 3-angled, brown, crowned with persistent, broadly conical, hispid style base, surface ± transversely rugose.