HABIT	A TUFTED PERENNIAL (LIVING FOR LONGER THAN 1 GROWING SEASON) UP TO ABOUT 2 M HIGH.
STEMS	TALL, ERECT, GROWING FROM A SOLID, HAIRY BASE OR CROWN.
LEAVES	LOWER SHEATHS OF LEAVES ARE HAIRY. THE LEAF BLADE IS ANGLED ALONG THE MIDRIB, AND IS LONG AND NARROW, BRIGHT GREEN, SPARSELY LONG-HAIRY AROUND WHERE IT MEETS THE STEM.
FLOWERS	INFLORESCENCE USUALLY HAS 3 TO 7 SPIKE-LIKE RACEMES BUT COULD BE UP TO 11. EACH RACEME IS USUALLY LESS THAN 5 CM LONG (BUT CAN BE UP TO 12 CM LONG) AND USUALLY AT ALMOST RIGHT-ANGLES FROM THE STEM.
SEEDS	SEED HEADS HAVE PAIRED SEEDS LINED UP IN 4 ROWS. SEEDS ARE BROWN WHEN MATURE AND FRINGED WITH FINE HAIRS AND MAY FEEL STICKY.