Stipagrostis ciliata var. capensis (Trin. & Rupr.) De Winter

Densely or laxly tufted, 850-1000 mm high; leaves mainly basal; culm erect or occasionally geniculate, nodes with long stiff spreading hairs. Leaf blade to 300 x to 1.5 mm; sheaths hairy but not woolly, or glabrous. Inflorescence narrow or open, branches flexuous; spikelets variable in size. Spikelet 6.5-12.0 mm long, straw-coloured, often purple at base; glumes equal to subequal, lower glume oblong to narrowly oblong, apex obtuse to truncate, firm; lemma articulation about in the middle; only central awn plumose, hairs usually silvery, occasionally golden; column length variable; callus 2.0-2.5 mm long, point naked, pungent; anther 5.0-5.8 mm long.