Aristida ramosa

Tufted or shortly rhizomatous perennial, culms erect and cane-like, usually branched, to 90 cm high; leaves few, basal and cauline, smooth and glabrous; blade inrolled, to 10 cm long and 1.5 mm wide when flattened out; ligule densely ciliate, c. 0.5 mm long, often with a few longer hairs at the sides. Inflorescence a sparse, slender to somewhat spreading panicle, to 15 cm long; glumes unequal to subequal, narrow-acuminate, purplish, the lower 4.5–6 mm long, the upper 5–7 mm long; lemma convolute, narrow-cylindric, 6–10 mm long, glabrous except for short, white callus hairs, surface smooth, pale or purplish; awn branches subequal, 6–20 mm long. Flowers mainly Sep.–Jan.