HABIT	A DENSELY TUFTED, GREGARIOUS, PERENNIAL GRASS; 30-150 CM LONG.
STEMS	STEMS SLENDER, ERECT OR DECUMBENT BELOW WITH LEAFY AT THE BASE.
LEAVES	LEAF BLADES FLAT, LINEAR, RIGID, 4-30 CM LONG AND 0.2-0.5 CM WIDE, APEX SHORTLY ACUMINATE, SPARSELY CILIATE TOWARDS THE BASE; BASAL SHEATHS LATERALLY COMPRESSED, KEELED, GLABROUS; LIGULE SHORT, TRUNCATE.
FLOWERS	BORNE IN TERMINAL. SOLITARY, SPIKED RACEMES, 3- 7.5 CM LONG, THE AWNS FORMING A TWISTED SPIRE AT THE TOP
FRUITS	SPIKELETS SESSILE, 0.5-0.8 CM LONG INCLUDING THE CALLUS, CLOSELY IMBRICATING, LOWER ONES AWNLESS, MALE OR NEUTER, UPPER ONES FEMALE, LONGAWNED, BEARDED WITH REDDISH-BROWN HAIRS.