HABIT	A TUFTED ANNUAL BUNCHGRASS, UP TO 1.8 METRES IN HEIGHT.
STEMS	ERECT OR DECUMBENT, CAESPITOSE.
LEAVES	LEAVES LONG, LINEAR, ACUMINATE. LIGULE IS AN OBLONG HYALINE MEMBRANE, ABOUT 2-5 MM LONG, OFTEN TRUNCATE AND/OR FRINGED; AURICLES ABSENT, SHEATH SMOOTH.
FLOWERS	PANICLE MORE OR LESS PROTRUDING OR ENTIRELY PROTRUDING FROM THE UPPERMOST SWOLLEN LEAF SHEATH, OVATE TO OBLONG, 5-8 CM LONG, GREEN. SIKELETS GREEN, BROADLY LANCEOLATE ON SHORT PEDICELS, SHINING, 4 -6 MM LONG, STRONGLY LATERALLY COMPRESSED.