Plants caespitose. Culms c. 60 cm high. Inflorescences obliquely ovate, densely compact. Spikelets 12–13 mm long, with 5 florets, broad. Glumes slightly exceeding florets, dense in texture; lower glume 11.5–13 mm long, c. 4 mm wide. Lemma: body 3–4.1 mm long, villous between the rows of tufts; both rows of hair tufts complete, with lower row equalling or exceeding upper row; lobes as long as body; setae 1–1.5 mm long, shorter than lobes; awn 7–9 mm long, exceeding setae; awn column with 1 or 2 twists, shorter than lobes. Palea obovate, 4–4.9 mm long, 2–2.5 mm wide, broad, 1–3 times as long as wide, slightly exceeding lemma sinus. Anthers 1.4–1.7 mm long. Caryopsis 2–2.1 mm long.
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