These plants are annual herbs with densely tufted, three-sided stems that are smooth and light green. Their leaves are mainly basal, with narrowly linear blades and subacute apices, and their margins are incurved. The leaves are light green color and covered with dense to thin hairs on both surfaces. The inflorescence ranges from simple to compound corymbs, with subglobose spikelets that are solitary and ovoid-conical or oblong-conical in shape. The glumes are yellowish-brown and membranous, with an ovate shape.