Perennial; culms tufted, erect or somewhat decumbent at the base, 30 cm. to more than 1 m. high; sheaths rounded, glabrous or nearly so; ligule 0.2-0.3 mm. long, minutely erose; blades 10-20 cm. long, 4-12 mm. wide, flat, acuminate, the margins scabrous; inflorescence drooping, 10-15 cm. long; spikes somewhat aggre-gate, slender, drooping, mostly 6-10 cm. long; spikelets 3-to 4-flowered, 2-3 mm. long; glumes similar, acute, the first 1.5 mm. long, the second a little longer; lemmas 1.5-2 mm. long, sparsely pilose on the margins, the tip blunt, often minutely lobed, awnless or rarely awned.
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