A robust rhizomatous perennial with long, tough, inrolled leaf-blades and a contracted panicle to c. 30 cm long bearing rather few, large (6–8 mm long), plump, woolly spikelets.
VVP, VRiv, GipP.
The grass has persisted for some years as a troublesome weed around grain storage areas near Geelong but does not appear to have become naturalized elsewhere. It is not regarded as a fully naturalised member of the Victorian flora. It is otherwise known in Australia only from the Newcastle area, New South Wales. It is native to South America.
