life
cycle - annual, reproducing by seed
culms -
prostrate or ascending, branching, smooth, rooting at nodes
growth
habit 1, growth
habit 2, growth
habit 3, growth
habit 4
leaves -
blades hairy above and below, reddish with age, rolled in bud;
ligule membranous, toothed, white; sheaths flattened, hairy
seedlings
1, seedlings
2, sheath
seedheads - terminal racemes, 4 to 10 finger-like, from near
central point, spikelet in two rows