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Mat-forming to tufted perennial to 400 mm high; long rhizomatous; basal sheaths with dense, long, woolly-tomentose hairs. Leaf blade 4-8 mm x 1.0-1.5 mm. Inflorescence sparsely branched; branches slightly spreading from main axis; spikelets densely clustered on side branches. Spikelet 4-8 x 2.2-3.8 mm, completely pallid or flushed dark purple, rachilla fragile, lemmas and/or paleas breaking up from apex downwards; lowest lemma broadly obtuse, lateral nerves conspicuous; palea wingless, keel scaberulous; anthers 3, 1.5 mm long; caryopsis elliptic to oblong-elliptic.
Perennial; up to 0.4 m high; long rhizomatous and tufted; mat-forming. Culms with basal sheaths dense; long; woolly hairy. Leaf blades 4-8 mm long. Leaf blades 1.0-1.5 x 4-8 mm long. Flowers: panicle sparsely branched; spikelets densely clustered on side branches; that are slightly spreading from main axis; spikelets 2.2-3.8 mm wide; spikelets completely pallid or flushed with dark purple; rachilla fragile; lemmas and/or paleae breaking up from apex downwards; lowest lemma broadly obtuse; lateral nerves conspicuous; palea scaberulous; anthers 3; 1.5 mm long.
Creeping perennial to 10 cm. Leaves linear, basal sheaths densely woolly. Spikelets in a lax panicle, densely clustered on side branches, straw-coloured and pink, 4-8 x 2-4 mm, lowest lemma obtuse, lateral nerves conspicuous.
