Buffel grass

Cenchrus ciliaris

Perennial to 1 m high with a tough rootstock.
Leaves with ligule a ciliate rim; blade 2–8 mm wide, flat, scaberulous; sheath scaberulous to smooth.
Panicle spike-like, moderately dense, 2.5–15 cm long; bristles numerous, the outer very slender, about as long as the spikelets, inner slightly stouter.