Size:1.5 m high

Flowering Time: J F M A M J J A S O N D.Maturing to dark reddish-brown or black, granular, lightly covered with semi-appressed white to golden hairs. Lateral branches are superficial. Leaf-sheaths ribbed, glabrous on surface

Requirement: Uncommon, mostly confined to heavy alluvial or basalt-derived soils. The floret of this species is gibbous, with an eccentric awn.