Poa billardierei (Spreng.) St.-Yves

Glumes 8–9 mm long. Callus glabrous or with hairs. Culms usually as long as the leaves or shorter. Panicle 8–12 cm long, narrow; the branches c. 3 cm long. Spikelets 8–10 mm long, awnless or nearly so. Lemma 7–11 mm long, obtuse or slightly 3-fid. Leaves mostly c. 50 cm long, 1–15 mm wide, rigid, sharply acute, densely scabrous on inner surface. Large dense tussocks up to 80 cm high. Confined to coastal dunes. Fl. winter–spring. Beach Fescue