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Glandular hairy annual or short-lived perennial, up to 300 mm tall, with a strong, unpleasant smell when fresh. Leaves linear; ligule a fringe of hairs. Inflorescence an open panicle, green to dark grey. Spikelets 3-5 mm long, usually 3-flowered, green to almost black; glumes slightly unequal, nerves distinct; lemma very long hairy, 9-awned, awns glabrous to scabrid, awns as long as or extending beyond glumes; anthers 0.8-1 mm long.
Densely, tufted perennial or annual 70-350 mm high, densely hairy with short and gland-tipped hairs; culms often geniculate. Leaf blade 50-170 x 2-5 mm, sheaths persistent. Inflorescence open, not spike-like. Spikelet 3.0-6.5 mm long (including awns), 3-flowered; glumes light to dark grey or pale green often tinged with purple; lemma awns glabrous or scabrous; anther 0.8-2.0 mm long. Usually strong smelling when fresh.
Perennial; up to 0.35 m high; tufted. Leaf blades 50-115 x 2-5 mm. Flowers: panicle open; branched; not spike-like; spikelets 4-5 mm long; lemma awns glabrous or scabrous; anthers 0.8-1.0 mm long.
Perennial to 30 cm. Leaves linear. Spikelets in an open panicle, 3 mm long, lemma 9-awned, awns glabrous to scabrid.
