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Glumes lanceolate, the inferior 3–7 mm long, the superior 6–8 mm long; lemma of fertile floret 6.5–7.8 mm long, with an awn 10–14 mm long; 2nd lemma similar to the fertile but smaller, 3.6–5 mm long, with an awn 6–10 mm long; 3rd lemma c. 1 mm long, with an awn 7–8 mm long.
Caespitose perennial; culms up to 1 m. high.. Leaf-blades narrow, linear, 10–60 cm. long, flat or involute; sheaths glabrous.. Spike 8–20 cm. long.. Spikelets 3-flowered; lemma of lower floret 7–10 mm. long, with an awn 10–18 mm. long.
Perennial, tufted, up to 1.2 m high. Leaf blades 100-600 mm long, 3-7 mm wide. Spikelets 8-10 mm long, 3-flowered; lemma of lower floret 7-10 mm long, awn 10-18 mm long.
Caespitose perennial with short ascending rhizome; culms up to 90 cm tall; leaf sheaths keeled, glabrous; leaf laminas (6)16–30 cm × 1–7 mm, flat or involute.
Spikelets 3-flowered, the lowermost floret fertile, the other 2 sterile.
Perennial up to about 1 m. high
Raceme 12–19 cm long.
Long curved spikes.
