Sporobolus natalensis T.Durand & Schinz

Perennials, erect, caespitose. Flowering culms 60–150 cm high. Leaves: basal leaf sheath margins glabrous; ligule a ciliate membrane, to 0.4 mm long; blade flat or folded, linear, 25–50 cm long, 2–4 mm wide, with smooth margins. Inflorescences paniculate, pyramidal, open to contracted and loosely spiciform, 20–30 cm long; primary branches solitary, equalling or longer than adjacent internodes, appressed, erect or spreading, spikelet-bearing throughout, with spikelets loosely spaced and fairly even. Spikelets pedicellate, 1.6–2.3 mm long; pedicel 0.7–1.5 mm long. Glumes: lower glume oblong, 0.5–0.8 mm long, obtuse, without nerves; upper glume lanceolate, at least half spikelet length, 0.8–1.3 mm long. Lemma narrowly ovate, 1.6–2.3 mm long, acute, 1-nerved. Palea subequal to lemma, entire. Anthers 3, 0.8–1 mm long. Grain elliptic or obovate, quadrangular, 0.7–0.8 mm long, to 0.6 mm wide, to 0.4 mm thick, reticulate, brown. Embryo less than half as long as grain.