Caespitose, phyllopodic perennial graminoid with flat leaves. Not viscous. Culms terete, 450-602 x 0.7-1.0 mm. Leaves basal, 2-4, flat, firm, not channelled, (11.5-)74.6-212.8(-235.0) x 0.6-1.0 mm, up to or exceeding half of culm length, apices acute, margins serrate. Sheaths open, papery, ivory in colour, not viscous. Ligule membranaceous, long,3.2-5.6 mm. Inflorescence a compact, short panicle, 15.0-28.0(-38.5) x 4.5-7.0 mm, spikes usually overlapping, not viscous, golden to straw-coloured, proximal rachis length 6.0-16.0(-20.0) mm. Proximal primary inflorescence bracts flat, apices acute to acuminate, exceeding length of inflorescence, with membranaceous extensions along margins that cover part of spikes, lowest (64.5-)67.0-91.0(-110.0) mm long. Spikes few, 2-3, congested, 7.0-14.0(-27.0) mm long. Spikelets with pedicels, prophyll bracts with raised veins, oblong to lanceolate, (4.4-)5.2-6.7(-7.2) x 1.2-2.2 mm, 3-7 spikelets/spike. Rachilla (0.8-)1.5-2.2 mm long. Glumes 3-7 per spikelet, proximal glume (2.8-)4.0-5.6(-6.2) mm long, subproximal glume 4.0-6.0(-6.8) mm long, lower firm and shorter, upper thin and papery in texture, apices acute or acuminate. Mucros difficult to distinguish from glume apices, proximal mucro (0.1-)0.4-1.7 mm long, subproximal mucro (0-)0.8-1.4(-2.4) mm long. Stamens 3(-4) per floret, anthers 4.0-4.7 mm long. Stigmas 3-branched. Perianth bristles up to 6, shorter than or as long as glumes. Nutlet [only immature observed], 3-sided, wide elliptical, (1.8-)2.6-7.2 x0.3-0.6(-0.9) mm. Nutlet beak glabrous, conical, 0.6-1.0 mm long. [Only immature nutlets from the Klipbokkop population were observed, most of which were broken during extraction due to being brittle towards the base.
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