Austrostipa aristiglumis

Tufted perennial, culms rather stout, erect, to 2 m high, nodes glabrous or sparsely hairy. Leaves usually glabrous, sometimes sparsely pubescent; blade flat or loosely inrolled, to 50 cm long and 3–7 mm wide; ligule papery 0.8–4 mm long, glabrous or sparsely ciliate on the outer surface with a short tuft of hairs at each side. Inflorescence a loose panicle to 50 cm long. Glumes 9–14 mm long, green, acuminate, thinly membranous and often eroded at tip, the lower slightly longer than upper; lemma 5.5–7.5 mm long, pale to golden brown at maturity, densely covered with appressed fine white or yellowish hairs, coma sparse, erect, 0.5–1.5 mm long; callus 0.5–1.2 mm long; awn twice bent, 25–40 mm long, 4–9 mm to the first bend; palea subequal to lemma. Flowers Sep.–Jan.