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Lemma variously hairy. Culms not branched at the nodes
Awn hairy with ± spreading white hairs up to 2 mm long, especially towards the base
Hairs on the awn less than 1 mm long
Glumes hairy. Lemma 5–7 mm long; awn with 2 bends, 3–5 cm long; the column of the awn 13–20 mm long. Tufted perennial up to c. 1.5 m high. Leaf blades up to 5 mm wide, ± rolled. The Oaks. Open forests on poor soils. Fl. spring–summer Austrostipa densiflora