Deyeuxia innominata

Fine, tufted perennial, culms erect, to 40 (but commonly less than 20) cm high. Leaf-blades closely folded, or inrolled, often triangular in section, to 15 (but often c. 6) cm long and c. 0.5 mm diam., glabrous or with a few short, stiff hairs on the upper surface; ligules truncate, 1–2.5 mm long. Inflorescence a narrow panicle 2–8 cm long, with loosely contracted branches. Spikelets 2–3 mm long, usually purplish; glumes acute or bluntish, subequal, scabrous along the keel in the upper part; lemma slightly shorter than to slightly longer than the glumes, acute or obtuse, smooth, barely hardened at maturity, rather prominently 5-nerved, awnless, or minutely awned from just below the apex; awn, if present to 0.5 mm long, not or barely exceeding lemma; callus hairs dense, about half as long as lemma; rachilla bristle c. 1 mm long, plumose, with hairs nearly reaching the apex of the lemma. Flowers Jan.–Mar.