Common Name

Early Spring Grass, Perennial Cupgrass, Cupgrass, Spring Grass

Family

Poaceae

Notes

Perennial grass to 1m tall. Leaves with a hairless sheath at the base. Ligule a fringe of hairs. Leaves 7-30cm long, 1-7mm wide, flat, or with the edges rolled inwards, hairless, hairy, or rough. Spikelets 3-6mm long. Seeds with 0 bristles. Mature seed groups cylindrical.

Short description and photo in G.M. Cunningham, WE Mulham, PL Milthorpe and J H Leigh (1981 and later printings) Plants of Western New South Wales page 108

PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Eriochloa~pseudoacrotricha

ausgrass2 description with line drawings and photos: http://ausgrass2.myspecies.info/content/eriochloa-pseudoacrotricha