Poa clivicola

Tufted glabrous perennial, culms erect, to c. 60 cm high, sometimes slightly glaucous. Leaves lightly to strongly scabrous, rarely almost smooth; sheath pale; blade inrolled, terete or slightly angular, to c. 15 cm long and 0.5 mm diam., often expanded into a small knob-like swelling at the base; ligule truncate, firmly membranous, 0.5–1.5 mm long. Inflorescence mostly c. 9 cm long, to 7 cm wide at maturity. Spikelets 2–7-flowered, 3–6 mm long, green or purplish; glumes 3-nerved, 2.5–4 mm long, sub-equal, or the lower shorter by up to 0.5 mm; lemma 5-nerved, 3–4.5 mm long, entirely glabrous or sparsely hairy along the keel near its base; web absent or reduced to a few short, weak hairs. Flowers Dec.–Feb.