E-Flora BC: Electronic Atlas of the Flora of British Columbia

General:
Perennial, densely tufted grass from fibrous roots; stems (20) 30-50 (75) cm tall, with visible nodes.

Leaves:
Sheaths conspicuous at the base of the stems, persisting for more than 1 year but not always conspicuous, remaining entire, not shredding into fibres; blades 8-30 cm long, 0.4-0.6 mm wide, hard to the touch, folded; ligules 0.1-0.3 mm long.

Flowers:
Inflorescence a narrow panicle, 3-10 (13) cm long, the branches 1.2-3.5 cm long; spikelets 4- to 7- (8-) flowered, 5.5-9 (10) mm long; lower glumes 2-4 mm long, the upper ones 3-5.5 mm long; lemmas (3.8) 4-5 (5.5) mm long, awned, the awns 0.5-2.5 mm long, about 1/2 as long as the lemmas; anthers 2-3 (3.4) mm long; ovary tops smooth.

Notes:
Several cultivars of this species are grown in Holland and distributed widely.