It can compete with johnsongrass and is a highly nutritious forage grass that is grown for pasture in Arizona, Texas, and elsewhere. Introduced from India, via Australia. Other vegetative characteristics resemble those of mature plants. Blades flat, rolled in bud , tips acute. 4-8 cm long.
Ligules consist of a fringe of hairs .
Auricles lacking . Tillers mostly decumbant, often root at the base. Foliage is covered with short to long spreading hairs that are at right angles to the surfaces. Culm internodes hollow. Collar region typically long-hairy.