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Perennial; up to 0.9 m high; tufted; with bulbous-based hairs present or absent. Culms erect or sprawling. Leaf blades up to 400 x 5 mm; usually shorter; leaves mainly basal; upper leaf surface usually densely papillate. Flowers: panicle slightly contracted; spikelets up to 3 mm long; lower glume 1/2-2/3 length of spikelet; upper glume and lower lemma 7-9-nerved; lower floret male with palea well developed; upper female-fertile lemma pale yellow to flushed greyish; smooth.
Perennial, tufted, up to 0.9 m high, with bulbous-based hairs present or absent. Leaf blades up to 400 mm long (but usually shorter); to 5 mm wide, leaves mainly basal, upper leaf surface usually densely papillate. Spikelets to 3 mm long; lower glume half to two-thirds the length of spikelet; upper glume and lower lemma 7-9-nerved; lower floret male with palea well developed; female-fertile (upper) lemma pale yellow to flushed greyish, smooth.
Erect, tufted perennial to 900 mm high; bulbous-based hairs present or absent; leaves mainly basal. Leaf blade to 400 (but usually shorter) x to 5 mm; upper leaf surface usually densely papillate. Spikelet to 3 mm long; lower glume 1/3-2/5 the spikelet length; upper glume 7-9-nerved; lower floret male, lemma 7-9-nerved, palea well developed; upper lemma pale yellow to flushed greyish, smooth.
