A perennial viney type of sodgrass.
Runners form on top of the ground.
These are round, wiry and may be as much as 10 feet long. The nodes of these runners are swollen and densely hairy. Because of the sod growth habit, stands of the grass are often rather dense. Each inflorescence consists of two to six 1-inch long branches, closely appressed to the main stem. The large, blunt seeds are borne along these branches.