Perennials, sometimes stoloniferous; shoots mostly extravaginal. Culms tufted or isolated, oblique, decumbent at base, frequently geniculate above, soft, (4–)8–20(–30) cm tall, 0.5–0.7 mm in diam., smooth, nodes 1 or 2(–3), 1(or 2) exserted. Leaf sheaths thin, smooth, basal ones drying pale brown and soon withering, enclosing culm bases, uppermost closed for 1/4–1/3 of length, 1.5–5 × longer than blade; blade light green, flat or folded, thin, 2–6 cm × 2–3 mm, surfaces smooth, margins smooth or sparsely scabrid, apex acutely prow-tipped; ligule 0.6–1.5 mm, abaxially smooth, glabrous, apex obtuse. Panicle open to loosely contracted, compactly pyramidal to ovoid, diffuse to moderately congested, (1.5–)2–5 cm, 1–2 × as long as wide; branches ascending to spreading, 1 or 2 per node, rounded, smooth, longest to 2 cm with 2–8 spikelets in distal 1/2. Spikelets ovate to oblong, light green, frequently purple tinged, 3.5–5(–6) mm, florets 3–6, distal fertile florets often female; vivipary absent; rachilla internodes 0.5–0.8 mm, smooth, glabrous; glumes unequal, smooth or sparsely scabrid, membranous-papery, lower glume lanceolate and acute to subflabellate and obtuse, ca. 1.5 mm, 1-veined, upper glume elliptic, 2–2.5 mm, margin angled, 3-veined; lemmas elliptic or oblong to ovate, membranous-papery, 1.4–3.5(–4) mm, keel and marginal veins sparsely villous or glabrous, smooth, intermediate veins distinct, margins smooth, apex obtuse; callus glabrous; palea keels smooth, hooks absent, shortly villous for most of length. Anthers (1.2–)1.5–1.8(–2.5) mm, or vestigial. Fl. and fr. Jun–Aug. 2n = 14, 28.
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