The inflorescence is an open panicle. The spikelets have only one flower, which has a moderate to quite long awn that is usually sharply bent once or twice. At the fruiting stage, each flower falls separately (without the glumes) and has a sharply pointed base.

This species differs from the related genus, Austrostipa, in having hairs in lines up the lemma, as opposed to lemmas evenly covered in hairs.