Grass perennial, densley tufted, 10-20 cm tall. Culms profusely branched, lower branches intravaginal or extravaginal, upper branches intravaginal. Internodes about 10, 1-1.5 cm long. Leaf sheath 2-3 cm long ± compressed, distinctly nerved, smooth, glabrous, scarious margin distinct. Leaf blade 1.5-3 cm long, flat, ± strict, linear, tip acute, white, somewhat incurved; glabrous, ± scabrid on margins at base. Ligule 0.5 mm long, truncate to obtuse membranous, entire. Peduncles 6-12 cm long, glabrous smooth. Panicle 2-4 cm long, 2-4 cm wide, pyramidal; lower branches in whorls of 2, widespreading, minutely scabrid, bearing 3-5 spikelets; pedicels 3-6 mm long. Spikelets 2 mm long, turgid, 2-flowered. Rachilla internodes c. 0.5 mm long above each floret. 1st glume 0.6 mm long, triangular, subacute, 1-nerved, smooth. 2nd glume 0,8 mm long, broad, ovate, retuse, 3-nerved. Lemma 1.4 mm long, ovate, keeled, obtuse to truncate at apex, glabrous, scabrid on keel near apex, 3-nerved, scarious margin narrow. Palea 1.4 mm long, ovate, two keeled, glabrous scabrid on keels above. Caryopsis 1.1 mm long broad-oblong, pointed above and below, free.

Gramen perenne, dense caespitosum, 10-20 mm altum. Culmi copiose divisi, ramis inferioribus intravaginalibus vel extravaginalibus, ramis superioribus intravaginalibus. Internodia circiter 10, 1-1.5 mm longa Vagina 2-3 cm longa, ± compressa, distincte nervosa, laevis, glabra, margine distincte scarioso. Lamina 1.5-3 cm longa, plana, ± stricta, linearis, apice aeuto, albo, subineurvato, glabra, marginibus ad basin ± seariosis. Ligula 0. 5 mm longa, truneata vel obtusa, membranacea, integra. Pedunculi 6-12 cm longi, glabri, laeves. Panicula 2-4 cm longa, 2-4 cm lata, pyramidalis; ramis inferioribus 2-verticillatis, patentibus, minute scabrids, spiculas 3-5-gerentibus; pedicelli 3-6 mm longi. Spiculae 2 mm longae, turgidae, 2-florae. Rhachillae internodia c. 0.5 mm longa. Gluma inferior 0.6 mm longa, triangularis, subacuta, 1-nervis, laevis. Gluma superior 0.8 mm longa, lata, ovata, retusa, 3-nervis. Lemma 1.4 mm longum, ovatum, carinatum, ad apicem obtusum vel truncatum, glabrum, carina prope apicem scabrida, 3-nerve, marginibus scariosis angustis. Palea 1.4 mm longa, ovata, bicarinata, glabra, carinis supra scabridis. Caryopsis 1,1 mm longa, late oblonga, apice basique acuta, libera.