2n = 84

Tufts perennial, usually fine-leaved and lowgrowing, 5-15-(40) cm tall; innovations extravaginal. Leaf-sheaths membranous, with a few distinct nerves, smooth, rarely minutely scabrous, green to light brown; ligule 1—3—(5.5) mm, ± oblong, sometimes slightly tapered, denticulate at tip, abaxially with sparse prickle teeth; leaf-blades (1)- 2-10 cm long, 0.8-2 mm wide if flat, but usually folded and so appearing narrower, abaxially smooth except near tip, adaxially scabrous on the prominent nerves, margins scabrous, tip subobtuse. Culms 1.5- 15—(30) cm tall, erect or ascending, longer culms often projecting beyond uppermost sheaths, finely, retrorsely, ciliate-scabrous. Panicle 2-10-(20) × 1.5- 7-( 12) cm, delicate, rather contracted at first, later lax; branchlets few, filiform, finely scabrous, tipped by 1-few spikelets. Spikelets (2)-2.2-3.5 mm, green to purplish. Glumes subequal, acute, scabrous on midnerve in upper ½ or almost throughout, hyaline margins with a very few teeth near tip; lower glume slightly longer, linear-lanceolate; upper glume elliptic-lanceolate. Lemma 1.2-2-(2.3) mm, 2/3-¾ length of glumes, usually densely covered by stiff, straight hairs, ovate-oblong, truncate, with lateral nerves scarcely excurrent; awn 0.2-2-(3) mm, straight, very fine, often purple, from upper 1/3 of lemma. Palea from c. 2/3 to almost = lemma, keels c. 0.1 mm apart, slightly excurrent and with a few prickle teeth at minutely bifid tip. Callus ringed with short hairs to c. 0.3 mm, c. ¼ length of lemma. Lodicules c. 0.3 mm, linear, acute. Rachilla c. 0.5 mm, tipped by equally long, or slightly longer hairs. Anthers 0.2-0.5-(0.6) mm. Caryopsis 0.8-1.4 × 0.4-0.6 mm. Endemic.

Tufts perennial, usually fine-leaved and low-growing, 5-15-(40) cm; branching extravaginal. Leaf-sheath membranous, sparsely ribbed, smooth, rarely minutely scabrid, green to light brown. Ligule 1-3-(5.5) mm, ± oblong, sometimes slightly tapered, denticulate, abaxially sparsely prickle-toothed. Leaf-blade (1)-2-10 cm × 0.8-2 mm wide, usually folded and appearing narrower, abaxially smooth except near tip, adaxially scabrid on prominent ribs; margins scabrid, tip subobtuse. Culm 1.5-15-(30) cm, erect or ascending, longer culms often projecting beyond uppermost sheaths, internodes minutely, retrorsely scabrid. Panicle 2-10-(20) × 1.5-7-(12) cm, delicate, rather contracted at first, later lax; branches few, filiform, finely scabrid, tipped by 1-few spikelets. Spikelets (2)-2.2-3.5 mm, green to purplish. Glumes subequal, acute, scabrid on midnerve in upper ½ or almost throughout, hyaline margins with a very few prickle-teeth near tip; lower slightly longer, linear-lanceolate, upper elliptic-lanceolate. Lemma 1.2-2-(2.3) mm, ⅔-¾ length of glumes, usually densely covered by stiff, straight hairs, ovate-oblong, truncate, lateral nerves scarcely excurrent; awn 0.2-2-(3) mm, straight, very fine, often purple, from upper ⅓ of lemma. Palea c. ⅔ to ≈ lemma, keels c. 0.1 mm apart, slightly excurrent, apex minutely bifid, sparsely prickle-toothed. Callus ringed with short hairs to c. 0.3 mm, c. ¼ length of lemma. Rachilla c. 0.5 mm, tipped by equally long, or slightly longer hairs. Lodicules c. 0.3 mm, linear, acute. Anthers 0.2-0.5-(0.6) mm. Caryopsis 0.8-1.4 × 0.4-0.6 mm.