Eragrostis spicigera Cope

Spikelets 8–12 × 3–3.5 mm, oblong to ovate-oblong, laterally compressed, 6–9-flowered, the florets disarticulating from below upwards, the rhachilla persistent; glumes unequal, keeled, lanceolate-oblong in profile, glabrous, subacute at the apex, the inferior 2.5–2.8 mm long, reaching the middle of the adjacent lemma, the superior 3–4 mm long, reaching to about 2/3 the way along the adjacent lemma; lemmas 3.5–4 mm long, keeled, narrowly oblong-elliptic in profile, membranous with distinct lateral nerves, ± appressed to the rhachilla, not imbricate and exposing the rhachilla, leaden-grey, glabrous, acute at the apex; palea deciduous with or soon after the lemma, glabrous on the flanks, the keels slender, wingless, puberulous; anthers 3, c. 2.6 mm long.