Plants caespitose; innovation buds intravaginal. Culms 15–40 cm high. Leaves glabrous or villous; blade abscising, expanded. Inflorescences linear-lanceolate, 1–6 cm long; branches puberulous. Spikelets 7.5–9 mm long, with 4–7 florets. Glumes exceeding florets; lower glume 7.5–9 mm long. Lemma: body 2.5–3 mm long, with villous tufts; lobes shorter than body, with setae 0.5–2.5 mm long; awn 7.5–9.5 mm long, with column tightly twisted; indumentum in upper row usually complete, sometimes with marginal and some dorsal tufts or with only marginal tufts; lower row of tufts complete, equalling or not reaching upper row. Palea 2.8–3 mm long, broad, 1–3 times as long as wide. Caryopsis 1.5–1.6 mm long.
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