Enneapogon avenaceus

Tufted annual or short-lived perennial, woolly at base, culms simple (rarely branched near base), shortly hairy, erect, to 45 cm high, nodes densely bearded. Leaves scabrous and pubescent with simple and glandular hairs; blade flat, to 20 cm long and 5 mm wide; ligule c. 1 mm long. Inflorescence a moderately dense, sometimes interrupted, spike-like panicle 3–9 cm long and 1–2 cm wide, green to grey-green. Spikelet 3–5-flowered, usually 2 or 3 of which are fertile; glumes 11–21-nerved, pubescent, ovate, 5–10 mm long, the lower usually 1–4 mm shorter than upper; body of lower lemma glabrous, thickened and shining, 2–3.5 mm long, with narrow membranous, sometimes winged margins; awns 6–11 mm long; palea of lower floret shortly exceeding body of lemma, glabrous between the keels. Flowers Oct.–Apr.