Life Cycle:
native perennial, reproducing by seed and short rhizomes
Culms:
upright or reclining, slender, somewhat flattened, smooth nodes
Leaves:
blades densely hairy above and below, margins wavy and hairy, rolled in bud; ligule short membrane, white hairs behind; sheaths densely haired
Seedheads:
terminal racemes, usually 1 or 2 sometimes 3, axillary racemes usually solitary, straight or slightly curved, sometimes sheath enclosed
