Entolasia stricta

Shortly rhizomatous perennial. Stems mostly erect, often many-branched, finely scabrous, to c. 80 cm high. Leaves glabrous or with tubercle-based hairs; blade 5–10 cm long, 1–7 mm wide; ligule 0.5–1 mm long. Panicle 2–12 cm long, primary branches appressed, usually under 2 cm long. Spikelet 2.2–3.5 mm long; lower glume indistinctly 1-nerved, broadly to narrowly ovate, 0.6–1.2 mm long; upper glume 5–7-nerved, subequal or equal to spikelet; lower lemma equal to upper glume; fertile lemma elliptic, equal or very slightly shorter than lower lemma, covered with appressed white hairs, firmer than other segments but not hard; palea subequal to fertile lemma, and similarly hairy. Flowers Sep.–Mar.