Nassella leucotricha

Tufted perennial, culms erect, to c. 1 m high, nodes glabrous or minutely pubescent. Leaves glabrous or the blade sparsely pubescent; blade flat or somewhat inrolled, to 30 cm long and 5 mm broad; ligule glabrous, 0.5–1 mm long. Inflorescence a contracted panicle to 25 cm long. Glumes 11–15 mm long, hyaline to straw-coloured, acuminate, equal or subequal; lemma (6–)c. 7(–9) mm long, pale brown or purplish at maturity, tuberculate, glabrous except near callus and along midrib; corona c. 1 mm long, excluding the erect apical hairs or slender spines 0.6–1.5 mm long; callus 1–3 mm long; awn twice bent, 35–60 mm long, 10–20 mm to the first bend, scabrous; palea 1–2 mm long, hyaline, glabrous.