Eragrostis membranacea Hack. ex Schinz

Spikelets 3–15 × 1.9–4 mm, oblong or narrowly oblong, laterally compressed, 8–14-flowered, the florets disarticulating from below upwards, the rhachilla persistent; glumes unequal, keeled, narrowly ovate in profile, glabrous, obtuse at the apex, the inferior 1.1–1.4 mm long, reaching to about the middle of the adjacent lemma, the superior 1.4–1.9 mm long, reaching to about 1/4 the way along the adjacent lemma; lemmas 2–2.6 mm long, keeled, broadly ovate in profile, firmly membranous with inconspicuous lateral nerves, diverging from the rhachilla at c. 45°, those in opposite rows not imbricate, the rhachilla visible between them, greyish-green, tinged or suffused with purple except for the whitish narrowly hyaline margins, granular on the surface, obtuse at the apex; palea deciduous soon after the lemma, glabrous on the flanks, the keels slender, wingless, glabrous or scaberulous; anthers 3, 0.8–1.2 mm long.