2n = 88

Laxly caespitose to shortly rhizomatous. Culms 2–15–(25) cm. long, us. < 1 mm. diam., glab.; basal bracts dull yellow-brown to dark brown. Lvs 7–8 per culm, = or < culms, 1.5–2 mm. wide, channelled, rather rigid, curving downwards, coriac., bright green, shining, scabrid on margins and adaxial surface. Spikes 1.5–3–(5) cm. × 3–4 mm., rarely bracteate, female fls 5–15, rather close-set, internodes 1–2 mm. long. Glumes > utricles, deciduous, ovate, subacute to acuminate, pale brownish green or light brown, membr. Utricles 4.5–5 × c. 1.5 mm., trigonous, ovate, green to grey-brown, dull, smooth, apart from the prominent lateral nerves, slightly contracted below to a stipe c. 1 mm. long, and tapered above to a beak c. 1.5 mm. long.