Plants to c. 1 m tall. Leaves; ligule 0.8–1.5 mm long, obtuse to truncate, sericeous; blade usually expanded and flexuose, c. 3 mm wide, if inrolled then erect, sparsely hirsute to scabrous on abaxial surface. Inflorescence c. 14–30 cm long, contracted to spreading at length. Glumes subequal, 7–12 mm long, acuminate, sometimes erose. Callus 1.5–2 mm long, blunt, sericeous with hairs slightly darker than those of lemma. Lemma oblong-cylindrical with a well-defined neck, 5–6.5 mm long, scabrous, tuberculate towards apex, reddish brown at maturity, with hairs yellow-orange and sparser towards apex; coma to 0.7 mm long; lobes minute or absent; awn 30–40 mm long, with column c. 15 mm long and villous in first section, and bristle scabrous. Palea broadly obtuse. Lodicules 3, broad-cuneate and acute.
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