Schismus schismoides (stapf ex Conert) Verboom & H.P.Linder

Tufted annual 50-150 mm high. Leaf blade to 60 x about 0.5 mm, linear, open or rolled, glabrous or pubescent but not hispid; leaf sheath usually glabrous. Inflorescence 10-20 mm long. Spikelet 4.5-6.0 x ± 1 mm, 3-5-flowered; glumes 3.5-5.0 mm long; lemma 2.5-4.0 mm long (including lobes), long hairs across middle at level of awn insertion, sometimes these in indistinct tufts, rest of back with short hairs or glabrous, and a fringe of hairs along each margin; lobes acuminate, awned, glabrous; central awn 3.0-4.5 mm long, column present, twisted; palea 2.2-2.4 mm long, pubescent between keels; callus elongate, 0.4-0.5 mm long; anthers 1.5-2.0 mm long.