Culms to 120 cm high, 2-5 noded. Mid-culm nodes glabrous, exposed, constricted. Mid-culm internodes hollow, glabrous to scabrous, terete. Reproductive organization . Incomplete spikelets absent.
Spikelets erect, spreading.
Hermaphrodite spikelets pedicellate, 12-18 mm long, laterally compressed, not disarticulating as a separate unit, disarticulating above the glumes. Pedicels to 25 mm long, scabrous. Rudimentary florets distal to the hermaphrodite florets. Incomplete florets absent. Awns 1, median.