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

General:
Perennial, tufted grass from fibrous roots or short rhizomes; stems 15-90 cm tall, sometimes decumbent at the base, the nodes exposed, smooth.

Leaves:
Sheaths smooth, rough or finely hairy; blades 3-7 mm wide, flat; ligules membranous, up to 0.5 mm long; ear-shaped lobes at the leaf-bases absent or if present, up to 0.5 mm long.

Flowers:
Inflorescence a spike, 6-14 cm long, with 1 spikelet per node; spikelets 9-15 mm long, usually overlapping with 3 to 6 florets; glumes 5-10 mm long, 3/4 as long as the lemmas, smooth to rough, awnless or short-awned; lemmas 8-11 mm long, smooth or hairy throughout, unawned or awned, the awns up to 7 mm long; anthers 1-2 mm long.