Eragrostis subglandulosa Cope

Spikelets 4.2–7.5 × c. 1 mm, oblong-linear, laterally compressed, 5–8-flowered, the florets disarticulating from below upwards, the rhachilla tough at first but becoming fragile; glumes subequal, 1.3–1.7 mm long, the inferior reaching from 2/3 to 3/4 the way along the adjacent lemma, the superior to 1/4 or 1/2 the way, keeled, narrowly lanceolate in profile, glabrous, subacute at the apex; lemmas 1.6–1.9 mm long, keeled, narrowly elliptic-oblong in profile, membranous with indistinct lateral nerves, appressed to the rhachilla, those in opposite rows not imbricate, the rhachilla visible between them, greyish-green below, purple above, glabrous, obtuse at the apex; palea deciduous with or soon after the lemma, glabrous on the flanks, the keels slender, wingless, smooth and glabrous; anthers 3, 1–1.2 mm long.