General:
Perennial grass from long creeping rhizomes; stems erect or decumbent at the base, (5) 10-80 (100) cm tall.

Leaves:
Sheaths closed about 1/2 their length, smooth; blades 1-5 (10) mm wide, usually flat, smooth; ligules 1-6 (8) mm long, membranous, the margins jagged.

Flowers:
Inflorescence an open panicle, 3-20 cm long, the branches stiff to pendulous; spikelets (1-) 2- to 7- (9-) flowered, 2.5-8 mm long; glumes 1.5-4 mm long, shorter than the adjacent lemmas, broadly lanceolate to egg-shaped, translucent; lemmas 3-4 mm long, egg-shaped, rounded, smooth, the nerves 3 (5), obscure, the calluses with a few stiff hairs; anthers 1.2-3 mm long.

Source:  The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

If more than one illustration is available for a species (e.g., separate illustrations were provided for two subspecies) then links to the separate images will be provided below. Note that individual subspecies or varietal illustrations are not always available.

Illustration Source:  The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

Flower Colour:
Brown

Fruit/Seed characteristics:
Colour: Brown
Present over the

Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Colpodium fulvum (Trin.) Griseb.