Dichelachne micrantha (Cav.) Domin

Stout, rather rigid, extravaginal tufts, leaves < stiff, erect culms. Leaf-sheath stramineous to dull brown, with minute, appressed, scattered hairs. Ligule 0.3–0.5–(1) mm, membranous, truncate, minutely ciliate, abaxially scabrid, often asymmetric. Leaf-blade to 20 cm × 1.5–2.5 mm, rather stiff, flat, tapered towards tip, abaxially sparingly minutely scabrid, adaxially scabrid on ribs towards tip, minutely scabrid on margins. Culm 40–100 cm, internodes minutely scaberulous throughout, or glabrous but minutely scaberulous below panicle, variously purplish. Panicle 10–25 cm, erect, spike-like, often purplish, branches spreading at first; rachis, branchlets and pedicels closely short-scabrid. Spikelets numerous, close-set on branchlets, rather delicate. Glumes narrow-lanceolate, acute to acuminate, often suffused with purple; lower 3–4 mm, ⊬ lemma, upper 3.5–5 mm, > lemma. Lemma 2.5–4 mm, sometimes purplish; awn 12–18 mm, very fine, column straight, awn curving above and twisted 2–3 times along whole length, inserted 0.6–0.9 mm below minutely bifid lemma-tip. Palea 2–3 mm, narrow-linear, keels scabrid above, tip ciliate. Callus hairs 0.3–0.5 mm. Rachilla prolongation c. 0.05 mm. Lodicules (0.4)–0.6–0.8 mm, hyaline, elliptic-oblong, unequally bilobed, occasionally minutely ciliate. Anthers 1, 1.2–1.4 mm in chasmogamous flowers, 0.6–0.8 mm in cleistogamous flowers. Caryopsis 2.0–2.3 × 0.3–0.4 mm; embryo 0.2–0.4 mm; hilum 1.8–1.9 mm.

[From:  Edgar and Connor (2000) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 5 (second printing).]