Tufted, rigid, perennial herb, up to 0.6 m high. Culm 2 mm wide, firm. Leaves with blades 2-4 mm wide. Flowers: inflorescence a rather compact and rigid panicle; spikelets green; utricles > 5 per partial inflorescence, crowded, not distichous, 2.0-2.9 x 1.5-1.7 mm, including beak up to 0.6 mm long; subtending glumes not falling early; May-Nov.
Tufted perennial to 40 cm. Spikelets green.