Culms erect or slightly procumbent at base, 25–30 cm tall, ca. 4-noded. Leaf sheath glabrous, or pubescent at base; ligule ca. 0.5 mm or obsolete; leaf blade green, involute or flat, 8–10(–15) × 0.2–0.4 cm, abaxial surface pilose, adaxial surface densely pilose. Spike erect, 8–9 cm. Spikelets 1 per node, green, with (2 or)3–5 florets. Glumes oblong-lanceolate, proximal one 5–7 mm, distal one 6–8 mm, 5-or 6-veined, scabrous along veins, apex acute, sometimes with a tooth just below apex. Lemma lanceolate, puberulent throughout; first lemma ca. 8.5 mm; awn reflexed, ca. 1.2 cm. Palea subequaling lemma, rigidly ciliolate along keels, puberulent between keels distally, apex subrounded. Fl. and fr. Jul–Aug.
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