Pentameris hirtiglumis N.P.Barker

Cushion-like, somewhat decumbent or densely bushy, branched perennial, 200-750 mm high; culm with numerous nodes. Leaf blade up to 200 mm long, permanently rolled, falcate, apex soft, not pungent; sheath pubescent, at least along margins, rarely glabrous, persistent, not closely adpressed to culm, loose when dead. Inflorescence lax, 75-110 x 20-35 mm, lanceolate, with 15-50 spikelets. Spikelet 14.5-21.5 x 2.5-6.5 mm; glumes with one or both hairy; lemma 2.8-3.7 mm long; lobes acute, 1-2 mm long, adnate for half or less of their length to lateral awns; lateral awns 3.0-6.5 mm long; central awn 11-15 mm long; palea 4-5 mm long; lodicules cuneate, glabrous; anthers 3.5-5.0 mm long; ovary apex with tuft of white hairs; fruit 2.4 x 1.2 mm, broadly fusiform, surface colliculately sculptured, pericarp brittle.