Panicum lanipes Mez

Densely tufted perennial to 800 mm high, erect to geniculate; basal sheaths densely covered with matted woolly hairs. Leaf blade to 300 x to 6 mm, usually glaucous, glabrous or hairy. Inflorescence 70-200 mm long, ovate. Spikelet 2.0-2.5(3.0) mm long, ovate, light green, sometimes tinged with purple; lower glume 1/3-2/3 the spikelet length, 0-3-nerved; upper glume 7-9-nerved; lower floret male, lemma 7-9-nerved, palea well developed; upper lemma pale yellow to brown, shiny.