Eragrostis venustula Launert ex Cope

Spikelets 2–3.5 × 1.2–1.8 mm long, oblong-ovate, lightly laterally compressed, 5–16-flowered, the lemmas disarticulating from below upwards, the rhachilla persistent, especially below, sometimes fragile above; glumes unequal, the inferior 0.4–0.6 mm long, reaching to just beyond the middle of the adjacent lemma, scarcely keeled, narrowly lanceolate-oblong, glabrous, acute at the apex, the superior 0.9–1.1 mm long, reaching to about 3/4 the way along the adjacent lemma, lightly keeled, narrowly oblong-elliptic in profile, scabrid on the keel, thinly pilose on the flanks, subacute at the apex; lemmas 1–1.3 mm long, lightly keeled, oblong-elliptic or elliptic in profile, membranous with prominent lateral nerves, diverging from the rhachilla at c. 45°, those in opposite rows not imbricate, the rhachilla visible between them, pallid with purple tips or flushed with purple throughout, pilose on either side of the lateral nerves with tubercle-based hairs, otherwise asperulous, obtuse at the apex; palea persistent, glabrous on the flanks, the keels slender, wingless, scaberulous; anthers 3, 0.15–0.3(0.5) mm long.