Panicle 1.5–8 cm. long, narrowly oblong, very sparsely branched, the branches contracted, ascending or appressed to the axis, spikelets numbering 2–12 on each panicle.
Leaf laminae 9–16 cm. long, filiform, involute, glabrous, tapering to an abnipt point.
Annual with very slender, unbranched, erect culms 25–35 cm high.