Eragrostis elatior Stapf

Densely tufted perennial to 500 mm high; rhizome present or absent; leaves mainly cauline. Leaf blade to 200 x to 3.5 mm. Inflorescence slender, 50-200 mm long, unbranched or sparsely branched; branches from main axis distant, hardly overlapping, not whorled; branches and spikelets adpressed to main axis; spikelets solitary or in distant clusters of 2-6 spikelets along main axis. Spikelet 5-8 x 2.0-2.5 mm, linear, dark olive-green, lemmas hardly diminishing in length towards apex; rachilla sub-persistent, fragile in upper part; glumes unequal, cartilaginous; lanceolate to oblong, acute; lower glume 1/2 to more up lemma above; lemma acute to subacute, lateral nerves distinct, lowest lemma 2.5-3.0 mm long, keeled; palea margins nearly touching or touching for entire length or at least touching at the apex, keels a slender raised ridge, scabrid; anthers 3, 0.6-1.0 mm long; caryopsis oblong-elliptic.