Puccinellia ciliata

Tufted perennial, culms erect, to 70(–100) cm high. Leaves grey-green, glabrous; blade folded to inrolled, to 14(–25) cm long and 1 mm wide; ligule blunt, 3–6 mm long. Inflorescence ovate, to 20 cm long and 12 cm wide. Spikelets 4–8(–13)-flowered, 4–10 mm long; lower glume 1.2–2.3 mm long, upper glume 1.9–3.5 mm long; lemma 2.4–3.4 mm long, smooth, with a minute tuft of hairs near the base on the lateral nerves; palea equal to lemma; anthers 1.3–2.1 mm long. Flowers Oct.–Jan.