Stolons absent. Culms cespitose, 10--40 cm. Leaves: sheath throats with long, soft, wavy hairs; basal leaves 5--15 cm x 3--7 mm, margins with long, soft, wavy hairs, apex callous. Inflorescences umbellate or sessile glomerules, 5--15 x 5--7 mm; glomerules 1--6, spheric to nearly cylindric; branches straight, divergent by as much as 90°, 0.5--5 cm; proximal inflorescence bract conspicuous, shorter than to much longer than inflorescence; bracts clear, margins nearly entire to lacerate; bracteoles clear, margins ciliate, especially in distal half. Flowers: tepals dark brown to pale with clear margins, 2--5 mm; outer whorl often longer than inner whorl; anthers much exceeding to shorter than filaments. Capsules greenish to dark brown, spheric, equal to or much shorter than tepals. Seeds red-brown to brown, cylindric, 1--1.5 mm; caruncle 0.3--0.8 mm. 2n = 12, 24.
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