Vigorous rhizomatous groundcover. Resembles Dichondra repens but the leaves are hairless and slightly scalloped on the edge. The flowers are only found by careful searching, being very small and green. They occur in clusters at the base of the plant's leaves.

A vigorous, low groundcover, spear-head shaped leaves to approximately 1.0cm long. In open ground it tends to grow to about 15 cm in height It grows from a single stem and tends not to root at nodes. A single plant in open ground may reach 3 metres in diameter however it may scramble through other vegetation. Sprays of insignificant greenish flowers occur in mid summer on the ends of the stems. A fleshy berry rapidly swells around the developing seed, eventually becoming juicy, red or orange and sweet. These edible berries are also slightly salty.

Tall, to 1 metre. This species is very similar to Austrostipa semibarbata and mature seeds are needed to readily distinguish them. In Austrostipa mollis the hairs on the tightly coiled part of the seed's awn (long projection at the top of the seed) appear to spiral around the . In A. semibarbata the hairs are evenly distributed and the spiralling effect is not evident.

A rhizomatous, perennial herb with scrambling stems. In a damp area with surrounding vegetation it may grow to over 2 metres. It is more likely to grow to less than a metre in an open area, on the banks of a waterway. The leaves are bright green and have jagged edges. All parts of the plant are covered in tiny stinging hairs.

A single nodding translucent flower to 25mm long with green stripes sometimes reddish towards the tips, on stems 10-30mm high.