Enneapogon gracilis

Tufted or stoloniferous perennial, scarcely woolly at base, culms simple or branched, virtually glabrous, erect, to 45 cm high, nodes glabrous. Leaves smooth and glabrous or very sparsely hairy with simple and/or glandular hairs; blade inrolled, to 12 cm long and 2.5 mm wide; ligule c. 0.2 mm long. Inflorescence a moderately dense, ovoid to oblong, spike-like panicle 1–6 cm long and 0.5–1.2 cm wide, green to grey-green. Spikelet 2–4-flowered, usually only the lowest fertile; glumes 5–9-nerved, glabrous or with scattered hairs, ovate, 3–6 mm long, sub-equal; body of lower lemma hairy in lower part, thickened and shining, 1.5–2.3 mm long; awns 2–3.5 mm long, the outermost 2-nerved at base (or the outermost nerve giving rise to an extra, shorter awn); palea of lower floret shortly exceeding body of lemma, hairy. Flowers Aug.–Mar.