Puccinellia fasciculata

Tufted perennial, culms erect, to 50 cm high. Leaves grey-green, glabrous; blade flat or somewhat folded, to 15 cm long and 5 mm wide; ligule blunt, 1–2.5 mm long. Inflorescence linear to ovate, to 20 cm long and 10 cm wide. Spikelets 2–6-flowered, 3–5 mm long, usually purplish; lower glume c. 1 mm long, upper glume 1.5–1.8 mm long; lemma c. 2 mm long, smooth, with a minute tuft of hairs near the base on the lateral nerves; palea equal to lemma; anthers 0.5–1 mm long. Flowers Nov.–Feb.