Tufted perennial, 300-600 mm high; basal sheaths persist as fibres. Leaf blade 80-200 x 1-2 mm, rolled; ligule an unfringed membrane. Inflorescence a contracted panicle. Spikelet 4.0-5.0 x 2.0-3.5 mm, ovoid; glumes ± equal, shorter than spikelet, mucronate, 5-7-nerved. Florets 6-10; lemma acuminate, lobed, minutely mucronate, cordate at base. Flowering time Oct.-Dec. Caryopsis 0.5 x 0.5 mm.
Tufted perennial, 300-600 mm high; basal sheaths persist as fibres. Leaf blade 80-200 x 1-2 mm, rolled. Inflorescence contracted. Spikelet 4-5 x 2.0-3.5 mm, ovoid, 6-10-flowered; glumes mucronate, 5-7-nerved, cordate at base; lemma acuminate; caryopsis 0.5 x 0.5 mm.