HABIT	ROBUST, TUFTED ANNUAL GRASS, ERECT OR AT THE BASE DECUMBENT AND ROOTING AT THE NODES, 20-150 CM TALL.
STEMS	CULMS CYLINDRICAL, GLABROUS, FILLED WITH WHITE SPONGY PITH.
LEAVES	LEAF SHEATHS GLABROUS OR THE MARGIN OR THE EXPOSED PART OF IT FIMBRIATE, 9-13 CM LONG. BLADES MERGING INTO THE SHEATH, LINEAR, WITH A BROAD, ROUNDED BASE AND ACUTE TOP; ROUGHMARGINED, GLABROUS OR AT THE BASE WITH A FEW LONG HAIRS, SMOOTH OR THE UPPER SURFACE MINUTELY BRISTLY.
FLOWERS	INFLORESCENCE AN APICAL PANICLE OF 5-40 SPIKELIKE RACEMES, ALL TURNED TO ONE SIDE, WITH SHORTLY ASCENDING BRANCHES, THE CROWDED SPIKELETS AT ONE SIDE ONLY, INITIALLY ERECT, LATER OFTEN BENT DOWN, 5-21 CM LONG.
FRUITS	CARYOPSIS OVOID TO OBOVOID, COMPRESSED, 1.5-2 MM LONG.