Eragrostiella bifaria

Densely tufted perennials; culms 30-80 cm high; nodes glabrous. Leaves many, 15-30 x 0.2-0.5 cm, linear, mostly basal; sheath rounded, glabrous; ligule a narrow membrane. Raceme solitary, 20-30 cm long; spikelets 20 x 2-3 mm, linear-oblong, arranged in two rows; glumes subequal, ovate, acute, 1-nerved, upper larger; florets 20-40, all bisexual; lemmas 2 x 2 mm, broadly ovate, 3-nerved; palea 2 x 1 mm, obovate, 2-keeled, hyaline; stamens 3, anthers 1 mm long; ovary elliptic, styles 2, free; stigmas plumose.