Austrostipa hemipogon

Tufted perennial, culms erect, to 1 m high, nodes pubescent. Leaves scabrous, sparsely pubescent; blade weakly to strongly inrolled, to 20 cm long and 3 mm broad; ligule ciliate 0.5–3 mm long. Inflorescence a loosely contracted panicle to 25 cm long. Glumes 14–20 mm long, purplish or green, acuminate, the lower 1–5 mm longer than upper; lemma 5–7.5 mm long, brown at maturity, finely granular, with appressed white to golden hairs; a short, sparse coma sometimes present; callus 1.5–3 mm long; awn twice bent, 30–60 mm long, 6–12 mm to the first bend, second bend sometimes obscure and the bristle often falcate, column densely plumose with a spiralling line of hairs 0.5–1.5 mm long; palea about equal to lemma, with a line of hairs down the centre. Flowers mostly Oct.–Dec.