Perennial, densely tufted, up to 1.5 m high. Leaf blades up to 350 mm long, 3-5 mm wide. Spikelets 4.0-4.5 mm long. Inflorescence spike-like or narrowly conical, with short branches appressed or somewhat spreading below; spikelets woolly; glumes equal, ± two-thirds of spikelet length.
Perennial; up to 1.5 m high; densely tufted. Leaf blades up to 350 x 3-5 mm. Flowers: panicle contracted; spike-like or narrowly conical; with short branches appressed or somewhat spreading below; spikelets 4.0-4.5 mm long; spikelets woolly; glumes equal; ± 2/3 of spikelet length.