Pentameris pseudopallescens (H.P.Linder) Galley & H.P.Linder

Tufted, weakly perennial 400-800 mm high; rhizomatous; basal sheaths brown, soon rotting away; leaves basal, rolled, curling when old; linear glands on leaf margins and pedicels, these may be obscure. Leaf blade to 300 x 2-6 mm, expanded or rolled, flaccid, inner surface hairy; margins smooth; sheath mouth hairy. Inflorescence open, (30)80-120 x 40-80 mm, with up to ±100 spikelets; pedicels glabrous; axils hairy. Spikelet 10-12 mm long; glumes yellow, scaberulous, hairy all over; lemma hairy, 3-4 mm long, lateral awns 4-8 mm long, extending up to glume apices; central awn 12-17 mm long; palea glabrous; anthers 2.7-3.0 mm long.