HABIT	AN ANNUAL GRASS; 10-60 CM TALL.
STEMS	CULMS PROSTRATE; MID-CULM NODES GLABROUS
LEAVES	LEAF-BLADES LANCEOLATE OR OVATE, 1-10 CM LONG, 5-20 MM WIDE. LEAF-BLADE VENATION WITH OBSCURE CROSS NERVES; SURFACE SMOOTH.
FLOWERS	INFLORESCENCE COMPOUND, A PANICLE OF RACEMES.
FRUITS	THE SHORTLY PEDICELLATE SPIKELETS CONSIST OF TWO AWNED GLUMES, A LOWER FLORET THAT IS STERILE OR STAMINATE AND USUALLY HAS AN AWNED LEMMA BUT NO PALEA, AND AN UPPER FLORET THAT IS ENCLOSED BY THE UPPER LEMMA AND PALEA.