Weakly tufted perennial 300-600 mm high, nearly forming cushions; base glabrous; basal sheaths brown, soon rotting away; leaves basal or cauline; stalked glands common to rare on leaves, pedicels and glumes. Leaf blade to 200 x to 12 mm, expanded, glabrous or more commonly hairy; margins scabrid; sheaths mouth with a ring of bristles. Inflorescence open, 110 x 70 mm, with ±200 spikelets; pedicels not hidden by spikelets, shorter than spikelets; axils hairy. Spikelet 5-6 mm long; glumes acute, green, glabrous or hairy all over; lemma 2.0-2.5 mm long, hairy all over, lobes truncate-lacerate; lateral awns 3 mm long, exserted from glumes; central awn 8-11 mm long; palea hairy in upper half; anthers 1.8-2.0 mm long.
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