2n = 56

2n = 56

Tufts (3)-5-20-(40) cm tall, whole plant often withering early and culms not breaking up below panicle. Leaf-sheaths subhyaline, smooth, or often minutely scabrous above; ligule (0.2)-0.5-3 mm, abaxially sparsely scabrous; leaf-blades 1-8 cm × 1.5—3—(5) mm, flat, or sometimes involute and c. 0.5 mm diam. Culms (1)—4—14 cm tall. Panicle (2)—3—12 × 0.5-8.5 cm; branchlets slender, sparsely scabrous. Spikelets (2.5)-3-4-(6) mm. Glumes narrow elliptic-lanceolate, usually equal or the upper slightly shorter, acute to acuminate to shortly mucronate, 1-nerved. Lemma (1.5)—1.8—2.5 mm, oblong-ovate; awn 3-6 mm, geniculate and slightly twisted near base. Palea nerves 0.1-0.2 mm apart. Callus hairs to 0.5 mm. Lodicules c. 0.7 mm. Rachilla 0.2-1 mm, with hair tuft 0.5-1.5 mm. Anthers (0.3)-0.4-0.7-(l) mm. Caryopsis 1-1.5 × 0.4-0.7 mm. Endemic.

Tufts (3)-5-20-(40) cm, whole plant often withering early and culms not breaking up below panicle. Leaf-sheath subhyaline, smooth, or often minutely scabrid above. Ligule (0.2)-0.5-3 mm, abaxially sparsely scabrid. Leaf-blade 1-8 cm × 1.5-3-(5) mm, flat, or sometimes involute and c. 0.5 mm diam. Culm (1)-4-14 cm. Panicle (2)-3-12 × 0.5-8.5 cm; branches slender, sparsely scabrid. Spikelets (2.5)-3-4-(6) mm. Glumes narrow elliptic-lanceolate, usually equal or the upper slightly shorter, acute to acuminate to shortly mucronate, 1-nerved. Lemma (1.5)-1.8-2.5 mm, oblong-ovate; awn 3-6 mm, geniculate, slightly twisted near base. Palea nerves 0.1-0.2 mm apart. Callus hairs to 0.5 mm. Rachilla prolongation 0.2-1 mm, with hair tuft 0.5-1.5 mm. Lodicules c. 0.7 mm. Anthers (0.3)-0.4-0.7-(1) mm. Caryopsis 1-1.5 × 0.4-0.7 mm.