HABIT	AN ANNUAL GRASS.
STEMS	15-100 CM LONG, WEAK, ERECT TO GENICULATE, DECUMBENT AT BASE. HERBAGE GLABROUS TO SCABROUS; CULMS BRANCHED TO UNBRANCHED.
LEAVES	LEAF BLADES FLAT, LINEAR, 1.5-22 CM OR MORE LONG, 1.1-10 MM OR MORE WIDE, SCABROUS, MARGINS SCABROUS, APICES ACUTE. BASAL LEAF SHEATHS TERETE, MINUTELY SCABROUS TO GLABROUS; SHEATHS OPEN, LOOSELY ENCLOSING CULM. LIGULE MEMBRANOUS TO CHARTACEOUS, 1.7-6 MM OR MORE LONG, SMOOTH, ACUTE TO TRUNCATE, IRREGULARLY DENTATE, MINUTELY HAIRY. NO AURICLES PRESENT.
FLOWERS	INFLORESCENCE A TERMINAL PANICLE, VERY DENSE AND SPIKE-LIKE, OCCASIONALLY WITH SHORT, DENSE BRANCHES BELOW, BRISTLY WITH TAWNY, YELLOWISH AWNS; OVOID-CYLINDRIC TO CYLINDRIC, SYMMETRICAL
FRUITS	CARYOPSIS FREE FROM LEMMA AND PALEA, ELLIPTICAL, TERETE, 0.9-1.2 MM LONG, 0.5-0.6 MM WIDE, GLABROUS, AMBER COLORED.