Shortly hairy all over. Stems approximate, 12–16 in. long, slender, at the base oblong-thickened by coloured leaf-sheaths, rather densely hairy their entire length. Leaves overtopping the stem, 1/8– 1/6 in. broad. Spikes 5–7, sessile, 2/3 by 1/4 in., dense with cinnamon-straw-coloured spikelets; bracts 3–5, lowest up to 5 in. long, similar to the leaves, hardly dilated at the base. Spikelets 1/8 by 1/24 in., slender, producing 3–2 nuts; lower empty glume often with a setaceous arista. Glumes ovate, obtuse, with numerous rather obscure ribs. Nut small, narrowly ellipsoid, trigonous. Style small; branches 3, linear, short.