Loosely tufted annual; culms 15–150 cm. high, ascending, the nodes pubescent.. Leaf-blades broadly linear, 3–30 cm. long, 4–12 mm. wide.. Panicle spiciform, cylindrical, 1–20 cm. long, spikelets and bristles typically pallid green often with purple tips, the rhachis pubescent to sparsely hirsute; bristles 3–10 mm. long.. Spikelets broadly elliptic, strongly gibbous, 2–3 mm. long; lower glume 1/2, the upper 2/3 to almost as long as the spikelet; lower floret male or sterile, its palea almost as long as the lemma; upper lemma punctate to finely rugose.
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