Polypogon lutosus

Tufted or rhizomatous perennial, culms geniculate, 10–60 cm high. Leaves glabrous, somewhat glaucous; blade flat, to 20 cm long and 10 mm wide, scabrous toward tips; ligule obtuse, membranous, 3–7 mm long. Inflorescence a dense narrowly ovate to cylindric panicle, 3–15 cm long and 8–60 mm wide. Spikelets 1-flowered; glumes 2, persistent, 1-nerved, subequal, narrowly elliptic, 2–3 mm long, scabrous-pubescent, minutely notched at apex, with a slender awn 2–3.5 mm long inserted in the notch; lemma 5-nerved, 1–2 mm long, minutely dentate at apex, glabrous, with a subterminal awn 2–3 mm long; palea 2-nerved, slightly shorter than lemma. Flowers Dec.–Mar.