: Piptochaetium pringlei is a tuft grass with one floret per spikelet. The glumes totally enclose the floret and the there is disarticulation above the glumes. The glumes are about 10mm long, compared to glumes about 5mm long in Piptochaetium fimbriatum. There is an awn that is about 1-3 cm long. The inflorescence is a panicle.