Perennial; culms 60–200 cm. long, branched, geniculately ascending or trailing.. Leaf-blades lanceolate to narrowly ovate, 8–16 cm. long, 15–35 mm. wide, cordate at the base, cross-veins present, glabrous or pilose, acuminate.. Panicle broadly ovate, 15–35 cm. long, much branched.. Spikelets ovate, 2–2.5 mm. long, glabrous to pubescent, acute; lower glume ovate, 3/4 to as long as the spikelet, (1–)3-nerved, acute to acuminate, separated from the rest of the spikelet by a short internode; upper glume ovate, 5-nerved, acute; lower lemma 5-nerved, sterile, its palea well developed; upper lemma pale, shining.
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