Dichelachne hirtella

Narrowly tufted annual or perennial with culms erect, mostly to c. 60(–c. 150) cm high. Leaves smooth or scabrous, glabrous to shortly pubescent; blade flat or weakly folded, to 15 cm long, 1–4 mm wide; ligule membranous, truncate, to 1.5 mm long. Inflorescence a moderately to quite dense, cylindric panicle, mostly 8–15 cm long; glumes narrowly acute, (6.5–)7–8(–10) mm long, subequal, rarely the lower up to 1.5 mm shorter than the upper; floret slender, subequal to lower glume, 6–8 mm long; lemma scabrous-pubescent with hairs 0.2–0.3 mm long, sometimes subglabrous near base, rarely almost smooth and glabrous throughout (see note below), post-awn lobe 1.2–2 mm long; awn mostly 15–30 mm long, column pubescent (rarely merely scabrous) with hairs to 0.3 mm long, strongly twisted. Flowers mainly Oct.–Jan.