Eragrostis trachycarpa

Tufted perennial, culms erect, to 60 cm high. Leaves glabrous; blade flat or folded, to 20 cm long and 3 mm wide, scabrous on upper surface. Inflorescence a very open panicle to 40 cm long and 30 cm wide, usually more than half the height of the plant, lower branches solitary; pedicels usually much longer than spikelets. Spikelet (2–)3–4(–5)-flowered, 2.5–5 mm long and 1–1.7 mm wide, usually dark purplish-green; glumes acute, the lower c. 1 mm long, the upper c. 1.5 mm; lemma 1.5–2 mm long, bulging around the ripening grain, obtuse; palea about as long as lemma; anthers 0.5–0.8 mm long; grain almost spherical c. 0.8 mm diam., deep red when ripe, irregularly honeycomb-patterned on the surface. Flowers Jan.–Apr.