Class
Order
Family
Genus
Spikelets 3.5–6 cm, 2–3-flowered, spreading. Lemma 18–20 mm, light brown or greyish, with ± dense light brown or whitish hairs below awn insertion; awn ± slender, 25–50 mm. Anthers 2–5 mm.
[From: Edgar and Connor (2000) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 5 (second printing).]