Austrostipa nodosa (S.T.Blake) S.W.L.Jacobs & J.Everett

Panicle spreading, its base exserted from the upper leaf sheath. Glumes purplish. New shoots breaking through the leaf sheath. Awn 5–10 cm long. Lemma 4–7 mm long, 1–3 mm diam., ± scabrous. Tufted perennial up to 1.5 m high. Leaf blades flat or inrolled, to 30 cm long. Hornsby