Glumes lanceolate, the inferior 3.6–5 mm long, the superior 6.4–9 mm long; lemma of fertile floret 5.6–7.4 mm long, with an awn 2–4 mm long; 2nd lemma 2.4–4.6 mm long, with an awn 2–3 mm long.
Caespitose perennial; culms wiry, up to 100 cm tall; leaf sheaths rounded, not keeled, glabrous; leaf laminas 5–19 cm × 4–5 mm, flat.
Spikelets 2(3)-flowered, the lowermost floret fertile, the second sterile, the third (when present) much reduced.
Caespitose perennial about 60 cm. high
Raceme 11–13 cm long.