Plant loosely tufted, shortly rhizomatous. Culms 10–60 cm tall, 3–5-noded. Leaf sheaths glabrous or sparsely pilose; leaf blades loosely involute, 6–13 cm, 2–5 mm wide, glabrous or adaxial surface pubescent; ligule 2–4 mm, truncate. Panicle narrow, contracted, 2.5–7 cm; branches up to 5 cm; pedicels pubescent. Spikelets lanceolate-oblong, 4.3–5.5 mm; glumes unequal, glabrous, lower glume 2/3 to 3/4 length of upper glume, 1-veined, upper glume as long as spikelet, 3-veined; lower florets sterile, composed only of lemmas, ca. 4 mm, pilose on back, apex 2-lobed, lobes obtuse; first lemma awned from above middle, awn straight, 0.8–1.5 mm; second lemma awned from lower 1/4–1/3, awn geniculate, 4.5–6 mm; bisexual floret 2.5–3 mm, smooth, shiny; anthers 1.5–2 mm. Fl. Oct.
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