Robust rambling perennial 1 300-2 000 mm high; with stilt roots; rhizomatous; culms slender below, increasing to 6 mm across above. Leaf blade to 600 x to 12 mm. Spatheole 12-23 mm long; peduncle 3-13 mm long; raceme bases flattened, subequal; raceme pairs with 4-6 awns. Sessile spikelet 4 mm long; hairs long, white; awn 7-13 mm long; callus 0.4 mm long, oblong with rounded apex. Pedicellate spikelet 5-6 mm long, villous, muticous or mucronate; anther 1.8 mm long.
Robust perennial, rhizomatous, up to 2 m high. With stilt roots. Leaf blades up to 600 mm long, up to 12 mm wide. Culms rambling and slender below, increasing to 6 mm across above. Spikelets (sessile) 4 mm long (with long white hairs, callus 0.4 mm long, oblong with rounded tip). Spatheoles 12-23 mm long; peduncles 3-13 mm long; raceme pairs with 4-6 awns, 7-13 mm long; raceme bases flattened, subequal; pedicellate spikelets villous.
Culms stout, 1·2–1·8 m. high