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Very variable in habit, stiff and erect or scrambling and trailing. Leaf-sheath smooth or variably scabrid. Leaf-blade 10–30–(40) cm × 1–6.5 mm, adaxially smooth, or scabrid on ribs, rarely papillose-scabrid, occasionally with fringe of stiff short hairs above ligule; margins smooth or scabrid. Culm (15)–25–50–(70) cm. Panicle c. 10–25 cm, usually open with spreading branches, sometimes contracted. Spikelets (3)–4–7.5 mm, (2)–3–5–(8)-flowered. Lower glume (2)–2.5–3.5–(4.5) mm, 3-nerved. Lemma 5–7-nerved, acute to subobtuse, internerves finely scaberulous throughout, occasionally only minutely papillose. Anthers 1.5–2.5 mm. Caryopsis c. 2 × 0.5 mm. 2n= 28.
[From: Edgar and Connor (2000) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 5 (second printing).]