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Tufted, robust annual or short-lived perennial, up to 1 m high, densely hairy with short gland-tipped hairs, feels wet to touch when young and fresh; culms often geniculate. Leaf blade 30-250 x 3-8 mm; ligule a fringe of hairs. Inflorescence a contracted panicle, often dense, spike-like. Spikelet 3-5 mm long (including awns); glumes usually grey only in upper part especially apices, if wholly grey, then apex darker. Florets 3; third floret tiny, represented by only a tuft of awns; lemma not keeled, 9-lobed, lobes awned, awns plumose-hairy for up to 2/3 their length; anther 1.0-1.5 mm long. Flowering time Jan.-Dec., usually in summer, but occasionally in winter in the north.
Short-lived perennial or annual, up to 1 m tall, tufted, plant densely glandular hairy (may feel cold to touch). Leaves linear, tapering to a fine point; ligule a fringe of hairs. Inflorescence a densely contracted spike-like panicle, usually grey. Spikelets 3-5 mm long, usually 3-flowered; glumes slightly unequal, nerves distinct; lemma long hairy, 9-awned, awns plumose, extending beyond glumes; anthers 1-1.5 mm long. Year-round, peaking in rainy season.
Annual or short-lived perennial; up to 1 m high; loosely tufted; densely glandular-hairy; base usually not dense. Culms slightly spreading. Leaf blades 30-250 x 3-8 mm. Flowers: panicle branched but contracted; often dense and spike-like; central axis hidden; spikelets 3-5 mm long; glume apices grey or pallid; lemma awns hair-fringed; anthers 1.0-1.5 mm long.
Short-lived perennial or annual, tufted, up to 1 m high, densely glandular-hairy. Leaf blades 30-250 mm long, 3-8 mm wide. Spikelets 3-5 mm long. Panicle branched but contracted, often dense and spikelike, central axis hidden; lemma awns hair-fringed; anthers 1.0-1.5 mm long.
