Alloteropsis angusta Stapf

Straggling perennial, the basal sheaths at most pubescent and not bulbously thickened; culms slender, wiry, 50–100 cm. high.. Leaf-blades mostly convolute, 5–15 cm. long, 1–2 mm. wide.. Inflorescence of 2–3 racemes, digitate; racemes 4–13 cm. long, slender, the spikelets somewhat distant, often bare at the base.. Spikelets narrowly ovate, 2.5–4 mm. long, dark green; lower glume 1/3 as long as the spikelet; upper glume acute, membranous, appressed ciliate on the margins; upper lemma with an awn 0.5–1 mm. long, the palea sparsely pubescent.

Swampy places.