Herb, hermaphrodite, perennial, glabrous, caespitose. Cataphylls pale tan-brown, extending 1–1.5 cm up the culm. Culms erect, few or numerous, terete, often sinuous, 15–50 cm long, 0.5–2 mm diam., smooth, simple or mostly branched; internodes 1–3; lowest internode 1–3 cm long, upper internodes 5.5–10 cm long; lateral branches to c. 10 cm long. Sheaths persistent, 2–17 mm long, tough, light brown; lamina terete, revolute, erect to reflexed, 4–25 mm long. Inflorescence of 1–3 small clusters of up to 15 flowers, terminal and lower clusters separated by 1–5 cm; spathes approximately equal to branches, erect, c. 5 mm long, aristate; floral bracts 2, ovate, 1.0–2.1 mm long, shortly aristate. Flowers: inner and outer tepals equal, 2.5–3.3 mm long, lanceolate, rigid, brown; anthers 0.7–1.0 mm long; styles shortly connate at the base. Seeds ellipsoidal, white, c. 0.7 mm long, colliculate with lobed raised areas and the surface overlain by a network of low patent plates.
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