Tufted perennial; culms up to 2 m high. Leaf-blades up to 90 cm long, 4-10.5 mm wide. Panicle oblong, usually contracted, 13-30 cm long, its longest raceme up to 5(-7.5) cm long. Sessile spikelet 3.5-5 mm long including the callus; callus c. 1 mm long, glabrous, rounded to fit the slightly hollowed tip of the internode; lower glume spinulose; upper glume awnless; upper lemma awnless or shortly mucronate.
Flowering &Fruiting Period: Sept.