Stoloniferous perennial, the stolons determinate; culms slender, erect or ascend-ing, sometimes geniculate, commonly 15-50 cm. long, or sometimes longer, gla-brous; sheaths mostly shorter than the internodes, slightly inflated, glabrous on the back,-with a pubescent line on collar, villous-ciliate on the margins; ligule about 0.5 mm. long, truncate, minutely ciliate; blades lanceolate, 5-12 cm. long, 1-1.5 cm. wide, acute, rounded or subcordate at the base, minutely cross-veined, the mar-gins scabrous or sometimes very sparsely-ciliate; stolon blades mostly 3-5 cm. long, 8-10 mm. wide; panicles 5-10 cm. long, narrow, the slender few-flowered branches narrowly ascending or appressed; spikelets about 7 mm. long, acuminate, glabrous.
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