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
Leaves linear, more than 1 mm wide, usually ± spreading
Leaves filiform, mostly up to 1 mm wide, usually erect. Lemma narrow-lanceolate in outline, c. 5 mm long, less than 1 mm diam., pubescent; awn with 2 bends, 4–7 cm long; the column of the awn 10–15 mm long, twisted. Panicle 25 cm long. Tufted perennial up to 60 cm high. Leaf blades terete. Rough Spear Grass