Tenaxia dura (Stapf) N.P.Barker & H.P.Linder

Perennial 600-900 mm high; rhizome short. Leaf blade to 600 x to 1.5 mm. Inflorescence 100-180 mm long, loosely contracted, slightly nodding. Spikelet 20-25 (including awns) x 6-8 mm, 4-7-flowered; glumes 13-18 mm long, 3-5-nerved; lemma 7-12 mm long (including lobes); lobes 4-7 mm long, terminating abruptly into a short awn; back glabrous except for marginal tufts of white hairs near the base and smaller tufts at base of central awn; central awn 10-15 mm long; anther 2.7-3.5 mm long.