Melica serrana, is a species of grass endemic to Cerro de las Ánimas, Uruguay.

Both panicle axis and branches are scaberulous with solitary spikelets.

Flowers are fleshy, oblong, truncate, have 2 lodicules, and grow together.

They have 3 anthers which are 0.6 millimetres (0.024 in) long which have dark brown coloured fruits that are caryopsis, ellipsoid, and have an additional pericarp with linear hilum.

[2] Melica serrana is found on elevation of 250 metres (820 ft).