Stipagrostis schaeferi (Mez) De Winter

Densely tufted perennial to 700 mm high, cushion-forming; rhizome short, knotty; basal young sheaths usually woolly hairy; leaves mainly basal, basal leaves shorter than cauline leaves; culm nodes glabrous. Leaf blade to 100 x to 2 mm. Inflorescence narrow or open, pedicels always flexuous. Spikelet 12-15 mm long; glumes firm; lower glume narrowly oblong to oblong, apex obtuse to truncate, firm, glabrous or with rigid hairs; lemma articulation near middle of lemma; column well developed, scabrid; only central awn plumose, hairs often yellowish; callus 2 mm long, apex naked, pungent; anther 4.5-6.0 mm long.