Plants to c. 1 m tall, caespitose. Culms erect, scabrous to pubescent; nodes 3–5, sericeous. Leaves: ligule 0.5–3 mm long, truncate, membranous; auricles absent; blade tightly rolled, 1.5–3 mm wide, slightly to strongly ribbed, tomentose on adaxial surface. Inflorescence 10–30 cm long, contracted but not dense. Glumes subequal to equal, 15–20 mm long, acuminate. Callus 1.5–3 mm long, densely sericeous. Lemma fusiform, 7.5–9 mm long, smooth to granular towards apex, red-brown at maturity, white-sericeous; awn 60–100 mm long, with column 2–3.5 cm long, 10–17 mm to first bend, plumose with hairs 0.6–2 mm long, continuing some way along bristle and remaining bristle scaberulous. Palea subequal to lemma, acute. Lodicules 2, acute.
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