HABIT	A TUFTED, ERECT SEDGE THAT CAN GROW AS AN ANNUAL OR PERENNIAL.
STEMS	CULMS SLENDER, 40-60 CM TALL, FOUR OR FIVE ANGLED AND OFTEN SOMEWHAT FLATTENED.
LEAVES	1.5-2.5 MM WIDE, UP TO 40 CM LONG, BASAL LEAVES HALF AS LONG AS CULM, LINEAR, THREADLIKE AND STIFF, TWO-RANKED, WITH SHEATHS.
FLOWERS	INFLORESCENCE A RATHER LAX AND DIFFUSE COMPOUND UMBEL, 6-10 CM LONG, SPIKELETS GLOBOSE OR OVATE, 2.5-4 MM LONG, 1.5-2 MM WIDE, ROUND OR ACUTE AT APEX, REDDISH BROWN.
FRUITS	ACHENES ARE OBOVOID, TRIGONOUS, BICONVEX, APICULATE; 0.6 TO 1 MM LONG, 0.75 MM WIDE AND PALE IVORY TO BROWN AND ARE COVERED WITH A NETWORK OF VERY FINE CROSSWISE LINES.