Pedicelled spikelet almost completely suppressed, represented by a curved pedicel exceeding the sessile spikelet by 1–2 mm and surmounted by 2 unequal awns, the longer 4–7 mm long.
Racemes 9–15 cm long, the internodes equalling or slightly exceeding the spikelets.
Leaf laminas up to 20 cm long, setaceous, involute.
Slender annual 60 cm. high
Annual up to 60 cm high.