Austrostipa S.W.L.Jacobs & J.Everett
Awn on the lemma persistent Austrostipa
Lemma variously hairy. Culms not branched at the nodes
Both glumes acutely acuminate
Awn with 2 bends
Palea with a deep central groove. Ligule 2–8 mm long. Awn 2–4 cm long; the column of the awn c. 10 mm long, tightly twisted; the terminal bristle straight. Lemma 5 mm long, 1 mm diam. at the widest point near the summit, dark coloured, with white hairs. Glumes unequal, lower 10–12 mm, upper 7–8 mm long, hyaline, subulate. Panicle narrow, 10–20 cm long. Leaf blades terete, 16–18 cm long. Plants up to 80 cm high. Not common. Clay soils. Fl. most of the year Austrostipa setacea