Slender, densely tufted perennial; culms erect, 15-45 cm. high, glabrous; leaves mostly crowded toward the base in a dense cluster, softly and rather densely pubescent; blades firm, convolute, navicular, erect, 4-12 cm. long; panicles nar-row, lax, somewhat drooping, 7-12 cm. long, the short slender scabrous branches ascending, sometimes flexuous, often naked at the base; spikelets 4-5 mm. long, 2-flowered, the florets distant, the upper one readily deciduous; glumes glabrous, unequal, the first 1.5-2 mm. long, 1-nerved, the second 3 mm. long, 3-nerved; first lemma 3.5 mm. long, 5-nerved, densely pubescent, rounded, obtusish, minutely notched, rarely with a short awn; second lemma similar but smaller; rachilla densely hairy.
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