Perennial; up to 0.4 m high; creeping; rhizomatous and tufted. Leaf blades 10-150 x 1-2 mm; leaves fine and curly with age. Flowers: panicle compact (spike-like); 15-30 mm long; spikelets 4-5 mm long; lower glume reduced to a small scale; upper glume 1-nerved.
Creeping perennial, rhizomatous and tufted, up to 400 mm tall. Leaf blades 10-150 mm long, 1-2 mm wide, leaves fine and curly with age. Spikelets 4-5 mm long. Panicle spike-like, 15-30 mm long; lower glume reduced to a small scale; upper glume 1-nerved.
Tufted perennial, 100-400 mm high; rhizome creeping. Leaf blade 10-150 x 1-2 mm, fine, curly with age. Inflorescence 15-50 mm long, spike-like. Spikelet 4-5 mm long; lower glume reduced to a small scale; upper glume 1-nerved; anther 1.5-2.0 mm long.