Rhizomatous perennials. Leaves all cauline, blade flat. Inflorescence a loose or dense, silky-hairy panicle. Spikelets 2–10-flowered, the lowermost male or sterile; glumes shorter than spikelet; florets articulate above glumes; lemma narrowly tapered to an awn-like apex; callus with long silky hairs; stamens 3.
3 species, cosmopolitan; 2 in Australia, 1 in Victoria.
Source:
Walsh, N.G. (1994). Poaceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., Flora of Victoria Vol. 2, Ferns and Allied Plants, Conifers and Monocotyledons, pp. 356–627. Inkata Press, Melbourne.
