Leaves scattered along the culms. Young shoots intravaginal. Auricles 1.5-2 mm long, glabrous. Ligule 0.2-1 mm long, hyaline, smooth, truncate, entire. Reproductive organization .
Spikelets homomorphic .
Incomplete spikelets absent. 11-19 spikelets on the rachis. Spikelets distichous, spreading to divaricate. Hermaphrodite spikelets sessile to pedicellate, 8-15 mm long, slightly laterally compressed or not noticeably compressed, ovate to obovate, disarticulating as a separate unit, disarticulating above the glumes. Pedicels 0-1.5 mm long.