HABIT	AN ANNUAL GRASS, 1M OR TALLER.
STEMS	CULMS STOUT, ERECT TO DECUMBENT, OFTEN BRANCHING FROM THE BASE.
LEAVES	SHEATH GLABROUS, LIGULE ABSENT OR OCCASIONALLY REPRESENTED BY A RIM OF VERY SHORT HAIRS, LEAF BLADES GLABROUS, ELONGATE, 5-15 MM WIDE, LIGHT GREEN.
FLOWERS	PANICLE ERECT OR NODDING, GREEN OR PURPLETINGED, 10-20 CM LONG. RACEMES NUMEROUS, 2-4 CM LONG, SPREADING, ASCENDING, SOMETIMES BRANCHED.
FRUITS	CARYOPSIS OVATE, OBTUSE, USUALLY 2.5-3.5 MM LONG. SEED WHITE TO HYALINE WITH LONGITUDINAL RIDGES ON THE CONVEX SURFACE.