Austrostipa muelleri

Rhizomatous perennial, culms branched, wiry, erect or decumbent, to 1 m long, nodes glabrous. Leaves glabrous; blade closely inrolled, to 25 mm long and 1 mm diam., soon deciduous; ligule glabrous, c. 0.2 mm long. Inflorescence a reduced panicle 2–5 cm long, of 1–4 spikelets. Glumes 18–30 mm long purplish, narrowly truncate, subequal; lemma 13–20 mm long, brown at maturity, evenly covered with short white hairs, apical lobes c. 3 mm long; coma absent; callus 2–3 mm long; awn once or twice bent, 50–100 mm long, the straight part 40–70 mm long, minutely pubescent; palea 3–5 mm shorter than lemma with a line of hairs down the centre. Flowers Oct.–Dec.