Tufted annual, up to 50(-150) mm tall. Leaf sheaths frequently reddish, blades absent or rarely very short. Stems filiform. Inflorescence terminal, of 1(-2) spikelet(s), basal bract inconspicuous. Spikelet ovoid, 3 x 1.5 mm, glumes straw-coloured or reddish, with green keels, mucro < 0.1 mm long. Nutlets tuberculate.
Annual herb, up to 150 mm tall. Spikelets 1 or 2 per inflorescence. Bract overtopping inflorescence. Nut ovate or obovate, not beaked, surface puncticulate (or smooth). Glumes boat-shaped, whitish, conspicuously green-keeled.
Densely tufted annual to 14 cm. Spikelets straw-coloured or reddish, with green keels.