HABIT	AN ANNUAL GRASS.
STEMS	ERECT, SLENDER, FLATTENED, RADIATING OUTWARDS FROM A CENTRAL DISTINCTIVE WHITE CENTER.
LEAVES	2-14 INCHES LONG, 3-8 MM WIDE, WITHOUT HAIRS OR ONLY SPARSELY HAIRY, AND FOLDED ALONG THE MIDVEIN. THE LIGULE IS 1-2 MM LONG, FRINGED, UNEVEN, AND MEMBRANOUS. SHEATHS ARE FLATTENED, WHITISH AT THE BASE, AND SPARSELY HAIRY IN THE COLLAR REGION.
FLOWERS	SEED HEADS COMPOSED OF 2-13 SPIKES EACH 1.5 TO 6 INCHES LONG, 3-7 MM WIDE, IN CLUSTERS AT THE TOP OF STEMS. TWO ROWS OF FLATTENED SPIKELETS OCCUR ALONG EACH SPIKE.
SEEDS	LIGHT BROWN TO BLACK, 1-2 MM LONG.