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Tufted perennial, 120-400(-700) mm high. Leaf blade 200-400 x 0.4-0.6 mm; ligule a fringe of hairs. Inflorescence an interrupted panicle, 40-90 mm long. Spikelets 12-15 mm long (including awns), laterally compressed; glumes ± equal, 9-14 mm long, 3-5-nerved. Florets 3 or 4(5); lemmas 6-7 mm long, with 4 or more, sometimes indistinct, tufts of white hairs along each margin near base, rest of lemma surface varying in pubescence from quite dense and basal to almost glabrous with a few hairs each side of central nerve; lobes 3 mm long, adnate to central awn for most of their length, terminating in a short awn; central awn 5-11 mm long, twisted at base. Flowering time Nov.-Feb.
Tufted perennial 120-400(-700) mm high. Leaf blade 200-400 x 0.4-0.6 mm. Inflorescence 40-90 mm long, interrupted; spikelets not distichous. Spikelet 12-15 (including awns) x 6-8 mm, 3-4(-5)-flowered; glumes 9-14 mm long, 3-5-nerved; lemma 6-7 mm long (including lobes); lobes 3 mm long, tapers into a short awn; back varying in pubescence from a quite dense to almost glabrous, but with a few scattered hairs each side of central nerve; 4 or more marginal tufts of white hairs present near the base, tufts sometimes indistinct; central awn 5-11 mm long; anther 2.0-3.3 mm long.
