Spikelets 0.7–1 mm. long, elliptic, slightly laterally compressed, glabrous.
Leaf laminae filiform, folded, papillose on the nerves above.
Panicle 2–15 cm. long, cylindrical, slender.
Tufted annual 30–60 cm. high
Annual, growing in clumps.
Culms 15–70 cm. high.