Compactly tufted perennials. Culms 38–85 cm high, unbranched or sparingly to richly branched, compressed (near base); internodes smooth, glabrous. Leaves: ligule to 0.5 mm long; blade conduplicate, to 12 cm long, to 1.5 mm wide. Inflorescences 6–12 cm long, 3–4 cm wide, ±open; branches not appressed, 2–5 cm long, bearing spikelets from base. Glumes normal, 1-nerved, smooth, glabrous; lower glume 3.5–4.5 mm long, entire, aristulate; upper glume 3.5–7 mm long, obtuse, notched. Lemma 8.5–12 mm long, distinctly longer than both glumes, convolute, smooth, without an articulation or pseudoarticulation; column absent; awns slightly but visibly unequal, straight or gently curved; median awn 6–9.5 mm long; lateral awns 4–8 mm long. Caryopsis terete, 6–9 mm long, more than twice embryo length.
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