Stoloniferous or sometimes caespitose annual; culms 10–70 cm. high, erect or geniculate.. Leaf-blades 1–17 cm. long, 2–5 mm. wide.. Inflorescence with (1–)2–4(–5) digitate spikes 1–12 cm. long.. Spikelets ovate, 3–4 mm. long; upper glume 3–4 mm. long, 1-nerved, with a short awn-point 0.5–1 mm. long; lemma 2.5–4 mm. long, with an awn 1–2.5 mm. long; anthers 0.6–1.2 mm. long; upper floret 1.5–2.5 mm. long.
Stoloniferous annual, sometimes caespitose, up to 36 cm tall, erect or geniculately ascending; leaf sheaths strongly keeled; leaf laminas 0.8–5 cm × 2–6 mm, flat, broadly obtuse at the apex and with a reflexed mucro.
Inflorescence with (1)2–4 digitate racemes 1–12 cm long; rhachis 0.3–0.4 mm wide.
Culms 10–75 cm. high, the habit very variable