Dregeochloa calviniensis Conert

Perennial 150-250 mm tall; shortly rhizomatous; plant base somewhat swollen, covered by old leaf sheaths. Leaf blades 10-120 x 1.6-2.3 mm, glabrous or inconspicuously hairy, pungent; sheath mouth with short, inconspicuous hairs. Inflorescence a contracted panicle, 30-50 mm long. Spikelet 12-15 mm long; glumes 3-5-nerved; 4-5-flowered, uppermost floret reduced; lemma 4.5-6.0 mm long, including lobes, glabrous except for transverse row of tufts of long white hairs below lobes and short hairs between tufts under point of insertion of central awn; lobes acuminate, apically awned; central awn 8-10 mm long, geniculate.