Culms laxly tufted, 40–90 cm tall, 4-or 5-noded. Leaf sheath dull yellow, smooth; ligule 0.5–1 mm, papery, apex truncate, dentate; leaf blade flat or rolled, 7–18 × 0.3–0.6 cm, abaxial surface smooth, adaxial surface scabrous. Spike erect, 7–15 × 1–1.5 cm; rachis ciliolate at margin; internodes 6–10(–16) mm. Spikelets usually 2 per node at middle of spike, 1 per node elsewhere, glaucous when young, 1–2.2 cm, with 5–10 florets; rachilla smooth; internodes 1–1.5 mm. Glumes not covering base of first lemma, subulate, shorter than or equaling first lemma, obscurely 3-veined, smooth below middle, adaxially glabrous, but margin ciliolate, apex scabrous. Lemma lanceolate or broadly so, obscurely 5-veined, margin narrowly membranous, apex gradually narrowed, acute or mucronate; first lemma 8–9 mm; callus smooth. Palea equaling lemma, apex slightly bifid. Anthers 3–4 mm. Fl. and fr. Jun–Aug. 2n = 28*.
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A grass. The stems are in loose tufts. They are 40-90 cm tall. There are 4 or 5 nodes. The leaf sheath is a dull yellow. The leaves are 7-18 cm long by 3-6 mm wide.
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