Loudetia flavida (Stapf) C.E.Hubb.

Tufted perennial 800-1500 mm high; basal leaf sheaths pubescent to woolly tomentose; leaves mainly basal, tend to be widely spreading; culm unbranched after first node. Leaf blade 150-400 x 2-4 mm, usually narrow, unevenly filiform; ligule a conspicuous fringe of hairs. Inflorescence linear to narrowly ovate, open or dense; branches and pedicels glabrous to pubescent, rarely villous. Spikelet 8-12 mm long; glumes usually glabrous and rarely with tubercle-based hairs; lower glume 1/2-2/3 as long as upper glume, acute to acuminate; upper glume ± as long as spikelet, acuminate; lower lemma acute, similar to upper glume; upper lemma lobe 1-2 mm long, acute; central awn 30-40 mm long; callus of upper floret linear, pungent or narrowly truncate; stamens 3; anther 2.5-4.0 mm long.