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Spikelets 5.5–9 mm long, oblong, reddish-brown; glumes 2.5–8 mm long, lanceolate, glabrous, the superior as long as the lowermost lemma; lemmas 4–6 mm long, oblong-elliptic, pubescent on either side of the mid-nerve and on the lateral nerves below; awn 1–8 mm long, straight, usually arising 1/3 the length of the lemma from its apex (but varying from 1/5 to 1/2); palea as long as the lemma, sparsely hispidulous on the back, shortly villous on the flanks.
Perennial; up to 0.93 m high; shortly rhizomatous and tufted. Leaf blades 100-400 x 1-5 mm. Flowers: in spike-like racemes; spikelets 5.5-9.0 mm long; 2-4-flowered; lemmas dorsally awned; awn 1-8 mm long; arising 1-2 mm from apex.
Tufted perennial 260-930 mm high; rhizome short. Leaf blade 100-400 x 1-5 mm, apex filiform. Spikelet 5.5-9.0 mm long, reddish-brown, 2-6-flowered; glumes glabrous; lemma awned from back, awn 1-8 mm long; anther 1.5-2.5 mm long.
Perennial, shortly rhizomatous and tufted, up to 0.93 m high. Leaf blades 100-400 mm long, 1-5 mm wide. Spikelets 5.5-9.0 mm long, 2-4-flowered; lemma dorsally awned; awn 1-8 mm long, arising 1-2 mm from tip.
Caespitose perennial arising from a short rhizome; culms up to 100 cm tall, erect; leaf laminas firm, 10–40 cm × 1–5 mm, tapering to a filiform apex.
Inflorescence 7–20 cm long, comprising 6–15 racemes each 3–9 cm long.
Caryopsis c. 2 mm long.
