A perennial; base of plant glabrous; culm erect. Leaf blade up to 1000 mm long, flat to somewhat rolled; lacunae present. Inflorescence up to 500 mm long, contracted, shortly branched, upper half drooping. Spikelet 14-23 mm long, 2-3 flowered; glume 14-23 mm long, 1-nerved; lemma 3-6 mm long, lobes 4-6 mm long, lobes awned, a row of long, silky hairs 10-11 mm long in tufts across the back above, glabrous below; central awn 14-17 mm long, occasionally slightly contorted at base and then geniculate; anther 2.0-3.0 mm long.
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