Perennial; up to 0.4 m high; rhizomatous and tufted. Leaf blades 30-100 mm long. Flowers: panicle compact; overtopping leaves; spikelets 1.7-3.0 mm long; glumes and lemmas hairy; light purple to yellow; apices acute.
Perennial, rhizomatous and tufted, up to 410 mm tall. Leaf blades 30-100 mm long. Spikelets 1.7-3.0 mm long. Inflorescences usually overtopping leaves; glumes and lemmas hairy, light purple to yellow, tips acute.