Ehrharta bulbosa Sm.

Tufted perennial, ± 700 mm high; rhizome long and thin; lowest culm bulb spherical, whitish, not polished/shining, well separated on rhizome. Leaf blade up to 60-350 x 8 mm, rolled, sometimes expanded, marginal vein usually not prominent or undulate, ascending; ligule a fringe of hairs. Inflorescence a contracted, secund panicle, almost reduced to a raceme. Spikelets 7-10 mm long; glumes ± equal, shorter than spikelet, 5-nerved. Florets 3; lower 2 florets sterile, awned, lemmas similar in texture, equal in length, first sterile lemma transversely ribbed throughout, second sterile lemma broadest at middle, inrolled below; uppermost floret bisexual, lemma firmer than glumes; anther 2.5-4.0 mm long. Flowering time Oct., Nov.