HABIT	PERENNIAL TUSSOCK, SOMETIMES STOLONIFEROUS.
STEMS	CULMS GENICULATELY ASCENDING; PRONOUNCED ANNULUS OF RADIATING, 3-5 MM LONG WHITE HAIRS ON THE NODES.
LEAVES	LEAF BLADE LINEAR, TO ABOUT 30 CM LONG AND 2-7 MM WIDE, MARGINS SPARSELY PUBESCENT AND SCABERULOUS.
FLOWERS	INFLORESCENCE A SUB-DIGITATE PANICLE, COMPRISING 2-15 PALE GREEN OR PURPLISH RACEMES, EACH 3-7 CM LONG; GENICULATE, TWISTED AWN 8-25 MM LONG, ARISING FROM THE UPPER LEMMA OF THE SESSILE SPIKELET.
FRUITS	CARYOPSIS OBLONG TO OBOVATE, DORSALLY COMPRESSED, 2 MM LONG.