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Culms (8–) 17–90 cm high; mid-culm nodes densely hairy. Leaves: basal sheaths pubescent; ligule 1–2 (–3) mm long, obtuse or truncate, abaxially hairy; blade 3–15 (–20) cm long, 2.5–15 mm wide, velvety. Panicles contracted, 0.8–6 cm long, with spikelets densely overlapping; peduncle glabrous or densely puberulous; primary branches with antrorse straight white hairs to 0.4 mm long. Bisexual spikelets 5.5–7.7 (–9) mm long. Glumes 5.5–7.7 (–10) mm long, with prominent midnerve, usually villous with hairs to 2.5 mm long; awn to 5 mm long, villous-plumose except for scabrous tip. Bisexual lemma 4–5.1 mm long, bifid, finely hairy over entire dorsal surface or often only in lower half; median awn (6–) 9–21 mm long, arising from upper half of lemma, straight to geniculate, with column twisted; lateral awns ±equal, 2–6 (–8) mm long, arising from apical lobes, straight, with column not twisted. Anthers 1.4–2.2 mm long.
Velvety annual, 600 mm high. Leaf blade 100 x 10 mm; sheaths sparsely to densely hairy; ligule an unfringed membrane. Inflorescence a compact, oval spike-like panicle, soft due to profuse, spreading, long silky hairs on glumes, and bristly from fine awns on glumes and lemmas. Spikelets 7-10 mm long (excluding awns), laterally compressed, disarticulating above glumes; glumes ± equal, similar, thinly membranous, narrowly lanceolate, long-acuminate, 1-nerved, hairs long silky, awn fine, longer than glumes. Floret 1, bisexual; lemma membranous, hairy near base, rounded on back, 2-lobed, lobes awned, central awn 10-12 mm long, slightly geniculate and twisted; palea acuminate; anther 1.5-2.0 mm long. Flowering time Oct., Nov. (rarely later.
Velvety annual 600 mm high. Leaf blade 100 x 10 mm; sheaths sparsely to densely hairy; ligule an unfringed membrane. Inflorescence a compact, oval panicle, soft as glumes have profusely spreading long silky hairs, and bristly from fine awns on glumes and lemmas. Spikelet 7-10 mm long (excluding awns), disarticulating above glumes; lemma rounded on back, 3-awned, central awn 10-12 mm long; palea acuminate; anther 1.5-2.0 mm long.
Velvety annual, up to 0.6 m high. Leaf blades up to 100 mm long, up to 10 mm wide. Spikelets 7-10 mm long (excluding long awns to 25 mm long). Panicle compact, oval, soft from profuse spreading glume hairs and fine awns from glumes and lemmas.
Velvety annual to 40 cm. Leaves lanceolate. Spikelets in a dense, ovoid, silky white, bristly panicle.
