Isolepis striata Kunth

Perennial herb, mat-forming, up to 0.2 m long. Leaf blades 0.3-1.2 mm wide. Culm (peduncle) 0.5-1.5 mm in diam. Inflorescence with culms (peduncles) 1-several at upper few stem nodes, each bearing 1 terminal spikelet; bract sheaths dark chestnut-red. Subtending bract very small, glume-like. Spikelets ovate, 3.5-8.2 x 1.3-2.5 mm, 4-12-flowered. Glumes ovate, 2.6-4.5 x 0.7-1.6 mm, keel excurrent into minute point. Style branches 2. Flowering time Aug. Nutlet elliptical, 1.5-1.9 x 0.7-1.1 mm, biconvex, whitish to brown, surface finely striate lengthwise.