HABIT	PERENNIAL GRASS; 6-75 CM TALL.
STEMS	ERECT, GENICULATE OR DECUMBENT AND ROOTING AT THE LOWER NODES, SOMETIMES CREEPING EXTENSIVELY TO FORM COLONIES, THE INTERNODES GLABROUS, THE NODES USUALLY PILOSE ON THE SHEATH BASE, SOMETIMES NEARLY GLABROUS.
LEAVES	3-11 CM LONG, 2-6 MM WIDE, LINEAR TO LINEARLANCEOLATE, USUALLY AT LEAST SPARSELY PUBESCENT, SOMETIMES VILLOUS, PSEUDOPETIOLES NOT DEVELOPED, THE BASE GRADUALLY NARROWED TO ABRUPTLY ROUNDED, THE TIP ACUMINATE, THE MARGINS SCABERULOUS.
FLOWERS	RACEMES TWO 1-5 CM LONG, APPRESSED TO SPREADING; PEDUNCLE GLABROUS, USUALLY LONGEXSERTED;
FRUITS	CARYOPSIS 1.2-1.3 MM LONG, 0.6-0.7 MM WIDE, FITTING INTO THE LOWER HUMP OF THE UPPER GLUME.