HABIT	A CREEPING, STOLONIFEROUS, PERENNIAL GRASS.
STEMS	CULMS ERECT, 15 TO 16 CM HIGH, SOLID, LATERALLY COMPRESSED, THE STOLONS STRONGLY BRANCHED, ROOTING AT EACH NODE.
LEAVES	LEAF SHEATHS STRONGLY COMPRESSED, FINELY HAIRY ALONG THE OUTER MARGIN, OTHERWISE SMOOTH, THE NODES DENSELY PUBESCENT; LIGULE VERY SHORT, FRINGED WITH SHORT HAIRS; BLADE LANCEOLATE, FLAT, 4 TO 15 CM LONG, 2.5 TO 15 MM WIDE, WITH BROADLY ROUNDED BASE AND BLUNT APEX, OFTEN FRINGED WITH HAIRS;.
FLOWERS	INFLORESCENCE WITH SLENDER PEDUNCLES, TWO TO FOUR, SELDOM EIGHT, DEVELOPING SUCCESSIVELY, THE SECONDARY AND SUCCEEDING INFLORESCENCES REMAINING HIDDEN INSIDE THE SHEATH BUT ULTIMATELY PROJECTING BEYOND THE SHEATH. PEDUNCLE SMOOTH, BEARING AT ITS APEX TWO SLENDER, ONESIDED SPIKES, USUALLY 5 TO 8 CM LONG, OFTEN WITH A THIRD BELOW THEM, RARELY A FOURTH.
FRUITS	SPIKELETS OBLONG, RATHER ACUTE, 2 TO 2.5 MM LONG, 1 TO 1.25 MM WIDE, PALE GREEN OR TINGED WITH PURPLE, SOLITARY ON ALTERNATE SIDES OF RACHIS AND FORMING TWO ROWS, CILIATE ON THE MARGINS.
GRAINS	CARYOPSIS YELLOWISH BROWN, ABOUT 1.25 MM LONG.