Sporobolus mitchellii

Tufted or stoloniferous perennial with spreading prostrate or erect stems, culms to 50 cm high. Leaves often somewhat glaucous, glabrous to ciliate; blade flat or incurved, 1–10 cm long and 1–2.5 mm wide, scabrous-pubescent on upper surface, ribbed; ligule c. 0.5 mm long but often with longer hairs at the sides. Inflorescence a narrow, dense to rather sparse, spikelike panicle, 2–12 cm long and 3–8 mm wide. Spikelets 1.8–2.5 mm long, dull, straw-coloured or slightly greyish; glumes membranous, rounded on the back, acute, subequal, slightly shorter than the spikelet; lemma and palea membranous, acute, subequal; palea shallowly grooved along the midline. Flowers Nov.–Apr.