Pseudoraphis Griff.

Mudgrasses

2 species in Aust. (1 endemic, 1 native); Qld, NSW, S.A., WA, NT

Spikelets with 1 bisexual floret and a male floret below it, solitary and distant along the simple branches of a small panicle, with an erect bristle below the terminal spikelet. Lower glume minute, abaxial; upper glume almost equalling the sterile lemma. Rhachis produced into an awn-like point exceeding the spikelet.