Sclerochloa dura

Culms leafy, erect or procumbent, to 15 cm long. Leaf-blades to 8 cm long and 4 mm wide, scabrous along upper part of keel and margins, often overtopping inflorescence; ligules toothed, 1–2 mm long. Inflorescence oblong to narrowly ovoid, 2–4 cm long. Spikelets 7–10 mm long; lower glume 2–3 mm long, upper glume 3.5–5 mm long; lower lemmas 5–6 mm long, the upper 2 or 3 much shorter. Flowers mainly Oct.–Nov.