Eragrostis tincta S.M.Phillips

Spikelets (2.7)3–4.5 × 1.6–4.6 mm, broadly ovate to ovate-elliptic, laterally compressed, (2)3–6-flowered, the lemmas disarticulating from below upwards but the rhachilla very fragile and usually breaking off above the glumes as the spikelet matures; glumes subequal, 2.3–3.6 mm long, reaching to 2/3 the way along the adjacent lemmas, sometimes reaching almost to the apex, keeled, lanceolate in profile, softly pilose, acuminate or rarely acute at the apex; lemmas 3.3–4.1 mm long, keeled, lanceolate in profile, membranous with distinct lateral nerves, diverging from the rhachilla at c. 45°, those in opposite rows not imbricate, the rhachilla visible between them, brownish, purple or blackish, densely silky-pilose, acuminate at the apex; palea persistent, with a tuft of hairs on the back between the keels, the keels slender, wingless, scaberulous; anthers 3, 0.9–1.2 mm long.