HABIT	ANNUAL, VERY VARIABLE, GRASS, 10-44 CM HIGH.
STEMS	ERECT OR CREEPING CULMS, ROOTING FROM THE PROFUSELY BRANCHED NODES.
LEAVES	LINEAR, TAPERING TO A FINE POINT, 2-10 CM LONG AND 0.2-0.4 CM WIDE, FLAT, GLAUCOUS, GLABROUS OR HISPID; LEAF SHEATHS STRIATE, THE LOWER WHITISH; LIGULES MEMBRANOUS, VERY SHORT.
FLOWERS	INFLORESCENCE COMPRISED OF 2-6 DIGITATE SPIKES, 0.5-4 CM LONG, OLIVE-GREY; SPIKELETS 2-5 FLOWERED, SPREADING AT RIGHT ANGLES, PENDULOUS, STRONGLY STRIATE.
FRUITS	GRAIN 0.5-1 MM LONG, SUBGLOBOSE, REDDISH, VERY RUGOSE.