HABIT	AN PERENNIAL GRASS, GROWS UP TO 60 CM LONG.
STEMS	ROUND IN CROSS-SECTION AND STEMS RANGE FROM ERECT TO PROSTRATE WITH ERECT TIPS.
LEAVES	FLAT, OFTEN KEELED AT THE BASE, AND HAIRLESS EXCEPT FOR A FEW LONG HAIRS AT THE BASE. SHEATHS ARE OPEN AND USUALLY ARE COVERED WITH LONG HAIRS. LEAVES ARE ROLLED IN THE BUD.
FLOWERS	THE FLOWER HEAD IS “V”-SHAPED, FORMED BY TWO (SOMETIMES THREE) BRANCHES. THE MAIN FLOWERING STEM CAN BE UP TO 15 CM LONG. THE BRANCHES GROW FROM ABOUT 1–6 CM LONG.
FRUITS	SPIKELETS USUALLY SOLITARY ON THE PEDICELS, OCCASIONALLY BINATE NEAR THE MIDDLE OF THE RACEME, IMBRICATE, 2.5–3.5 MM LONG, WIDELY ELLIPTIC, ABRUPTLY ACUTE, PALE GREENISH.