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Rhizomatous perennial to 10 dm, the stems arising from axillary, cormose offshoots; sheaths all hispid-hirsute; larger blades 8–20 cm × 4–10 mm; hispid-ciliate and scabrous or hairy on the surfaces; spikelets to 20 mm, in 1–3 clusters; scales 2.5–3.5 mm, with 3(5) strong median nerves convergent and exserted to form a spreading-recurved awn more than half as long as the scale; bristles antrorsely barbellate, reaching to the base or even the tip of the pet-blades, these ovate, usually incurved-acuminate; anthers 3, ca 1 mm; 2n=46. Moist or wet, often sandy places; L.I. to n. Fla., w. to Tenn., Ark., and Tex., mainly on the coastal plain with us.
