Lepturus geminatus C.E.Hubb.

Perennials. Flowering culms 80–120 cm high. Leaves: basal sheaths pilose; collar glabrous; blade flat or folded or convolute, 10–23 cm long, 4–7 mm wide, abaxially pilose. Inflorescences 1–3 cm long; rachis minutely pubescent. Spikelets opposite, 5–7 mm long, with 1 bisexual floret; rachilla prolongation 0.8–1.1 mm long. Upper glume oblong to lanceolate, 5–7 mm long, acuminate, with awn 10–17 mm long, coriaceous, multi-nerved, smooth, densely pubescent. Basal lemma elliptic to ovate, 3.7–4.3 mm long, obtuse or truncate, entire, puberulous; hairs extending the length of the lemma (and also in the intercostal region near the apex), appressed or spreading. Palea keels hairy towards the apex.

Occurringon the inland faces of sand dunes, and on sand within and at the edges ofevergreen vine forests.