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Densely tufted perennial 100-500 mm high; old leaf sheaths splitting into fibres; leaves mostly crowded at the base; culm 2-3-noded. Leaf blade 20-100 mm long, tapering to an obtuse or acute point; ligule a fringed membrane to a fringe of hairs. Inflorescence a single raceme 40-150 x 1-2 mm. Spikelet 3.4-4.5 mm long, usually purple or purple-brown, awnless; glumes ± equal; lemma 2.0-2.6 mm long, 2-nerved; anther 1.0-1.6 mm long; caryopsis terete, over 1 mm long.
Densely caespitose perennial.. Culms 10–50 cm. high, 2–3-noded, the leaves mostly crowded at the base.. Leaf-blades flat or convolute, 2–10 cm. long, tapering to an obtuse or acute point; sheaths splitting at the base to form a dense tuft of brown fibres.. Spikes 4–15 cm. long, the rhachis 1.2–1.8 mm. wide.. Spikelets 3–5.5 mm. long; anthers 1.2–2 mm. long.
Perennial; up to 0.5 m high; densely tufted; with most leaves basal. Leaf blades 20-100 mm long; tapering to an obtuse or acute point; old leaf sheaths splitting into fibres. Flowers: spike one-sided; 40-150 x 1-2 mm; spikelets 3.4-4.5 mm long; anthers 1.0-1.6 mm long; caryopsis terete; > 1 mm long.
Perennial, densely tufted (with most leaves basal), up to 500 mm tall. Leaf blades 20-100 mm long, old leaf sheaths splitting into fibres. Spikelets 3.0-5.5 mm long. Spike 40-150 mm long, 1-2 mm wide; anthers 1.2-2.0 mm long. Caryopsis terete, over 1 mm long.
Densely caespitose perennial usually forming dense tufts; culms up to 70 cm tall, the leaves mostly crowded at the base; leaf sheaths splitting into a dense cushion of fibres; leaf laminas 1.5–14 cm long, flat or folded.
Spikelets 1-flowered, 3.4–4.1 mm long; lemma 2–2.6 mm long; anthers 1–1.6 mm long.
Raceme 4–16 cm long, straight or falcate, ciliate to densely barbate at the base.
Caryopsis c. 1.8 mm long.
