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. Foliage mostly glabrous , pale to bluish-green. Sheaths glabrous . Tillers often root at the base.