Pentameris acinosa (Stapf) Galley & H.P.Linder

Loosely tufted or cushion-forming perennial 150-300 mm high; base glabrous, old leaf sheath absent; leaves cauline; glands absent. Leaf blade to 40 x to 4 mm, expanded, rigid, spreading, glabrous; margins smooth; sheath mouth with a ring of bristles. Inflorescence open, 20-40 x 10-30 mm, with 5-15 spikelets; axils hairy; pedicels mostly erect, not hidden by spikelets, glabrous. Spikelet 9-10 mm long; glumes acuminate, yellow, glabrous; lemma 4.0-4.5 mm long, nerves hairy, lobed; lateral awns 3-7 mm long, extending to glume apices; central awn 10-15 mm long; palea hairy; anthers 4 mm long.