General:
Perennial tufted grass from fibrous roots and rhizomes; stems often decumbent, 15-60 cm tall/long with stems and nodes distinctly compressed, some lowermost nodes exserted from sheaths of stem leaves.

Leaves:
Sheaths distinctly compressed, margins open 4/5-9/10 their length; blades 1.5-4 mm wide, flat; ligules 1-3 mm long, the tips rounded, margins rough, the backs rough.

Flowers:
Inflorescence an erect panicle, 2-10 cm long, lanceolate to egg-shaped, sparse to congested, often interrupted, the branches mostly 1 to 3 per node, eventually spreading, less than 3 cm long, distinctly rough on the angles; spikelets laterally compressed, 3.5-7 mm long, 3- to 7-flowered; glumes 2-3 mm long, the lower ones 3-nerved; rachilla internodes mostly less than 1 mm long, smooth to minutely bumpy; lemmas lanceolate, 2.3-3.5 mm long, the tips sharp-pointed, keel and marginal nerves short silky-hairy, hairless between the nerves; calluses hairless or more often cobwebby; palea keels rough; flowers bisexual; anthers 1.3-1.8 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:
Yellow

Blooming Period:
Mid Spring

Fruit/Seed characteristics:
Colour: Brown
Present from Spring to Summer

Source:  The USDA