Nassella neesiana

Tufted perennial, culms erect, to c.1 m high, nodes pubescent. Leaves glabrous or sparsely pubescent; blade flat or somewhat inrolled, to 30 cm long and 5 mm broad; ligule glabrous, to 3 mm long, sometimes obsolete. Inflorescence a loose, sometimes interrupted panicle to 40 cm long, the awns often twisting together at maturity. Glumes 16–20 mm long, strongly purplish, acuminate, subequal; lemma constricted toward the apex, 6–10 (mostly 8–10) mm long (excluding corona), pale brown at maturity, tuberculate, glabrous except near the callus and along the midrib; corona c. 1 mm long, excluding the slightly divergent apical spines 0.2–0.5 mm long; callus 2–4 mm long; awn twice bent, 60–90 mm long, 15–30 mm to the first bend, scabrous to pubescent; palea 1–2 mm long, hyaline, glabrous. Flowers mostly Oct.–Feb.