Echinopogon caespitosus var. caespitosus

Tufted perennial, culms 2–4 noded, erect, to 1 m high, smooth to minutely scabrous. Leaves slightly scabrous, glabrous to lightly pubescent; blade flat, to 15 cm long and 5 mm wide; ligule firmly membranous, 0.5–1.5 mm long. Inflorescence an ovoid to oblong panicle, 2–8 cm long (excluding awns), often interrupted, narrowly oblong prior to anthesis. Spikelets as for E. ovatus; glumes subequal, acute, 2.5–4 mm long, long-scabrous along the keels; lemma (including apical lobes 0.5–1 mm long) equal to or slightly exceeding glumes, callus hairs dense, c. 1 mm long; awn 7–16 mm long. Flowers Oct.–Dec.