This tufted annual has cylindrical seed stems and is erect, flaccid, nodeless or 1-noded, usually 3-25 cm long, 0.5-1.2 mm diam. Leaves are 15 cm long with a straw-coloured to dark red-brown sheath and a ligule present. Inflorescence of 1 loosely hemispherical cluster of 6-16 spikelets, usually with 1-04) clusters below. Created: 05/27, 2009