Notochloe microdon Domin

Plants tangled (if in dense vegetation) or cushion-forming (if growing in clearings); innovation buds extravaginal. Culms 0.3–1 m high. Leaves glabrous; sheath mouth glabrous. Inflorescences open, linear-lanceolate when dried, 80–140 mm long. Spikelets 18–21 mm long, with 7–9 florets. Glumes shorter than spikelet, equalling basal lemmas; lower glume 4.4–5.8 mm long. Lemma 6.3–8.3 mm long, glabrous. Palea elliptic to ovate, 5.7–7.5 mm long, glabrous between keels. Anthers 2.8–3.5 mm long. Caryopsis 2.4 mm long.

Found in damp sand on streambanks, near streams, and in permanent seepages.