Eragrostis astreptoclada Cope

Spikelets 3–4.5 × 1.1–1.8 mm, oblong-elliptic, laterally compressed, 4–9-flowered, the florets tardily disarticulating from below but the rhachilla becoming fragile; glumes subequal, 0.6–1.1 mm long, reaching from 1/5 to 1/3 the way along the adjacent lemmas, keeled, narrowly lanceolate in profile, glabrous, subacute at the apex; lemmas 1.4–1.6 mm long, keeled, narrowly oblong-elliptic in profile, membranous with distinct lateral nerves, diverging from the rhachilla at less than 45°, those in opposite rows not imbricate, the rhachilla visible between them, pallid or greyish, glabrous, obtuse at the apex; palea tardily deciduous after the lemma, glabrous or shortly ciliate on the flanks, the keels slender, wingless, thinly scabrid; anthers 3, 0.8–0.9 mm long.