Parapholis strigosa

Tufted, more or less erect, to 40 cm high. Leaves smooth glabrous; blade flat or folded, to 6 cm long and 2 mm wide; upper sheath not inflated; ligule minutely toothed, to 1 mm long. Spikes to 20 cm long, straight and rigidly erect, rarely purplish, mostly fewer than 8 per plant. Glumes subequal, 4–5-nerved, 4–6 mm long, slightly longer than internodes; lemma and palea thinly membranous, 1–2 mm shorter than glumes; anthers 1.5–4 mm long. Flowers Sep.–Jan.