HABIT	AN ANNUAL OR PERENNIAL GRASS, UP 50 CM OR MORE TALL.
STEMS	CULMS USUALLY STRAGGLING FROM A DECUMBENT BASE, MUCH BRANCHED, ROOTING AT NODES, INFREQUENTLY ERECT, GREEN OR PURPLISH GREEN .
LEAVES	LINEAR, 2-2.5 X 0.3-0.5 CM, GLABROUS OR THINLY PILOSE, APEX ACUMINATE.
FLOWERS	INFLORESCENCE 6-20 CM LONG, NARROWLY ELLIPTICOBLONG TO PYRAMIDAL, OPEN RACEME 0.5-4 CM, STIFF, ASCENDING WHEN YOUNG, REFLEXING AND FINALLY DECUMBENT FROM THE AXIS AT MATURITY, RACHIS FLATTENED, NARROWLY WINGED.
FRUITS	SPIKELETS NARROWLY CUNEATE.