Perennial with trailing culms 15-50 cm long. Leaf-blades narrowly lanceolate to narrowly ovate, 1-7 cm long, 4-15 mm wide. Inflorescence 2-8 cm long, comprising 5-11 cuneate fascicles of 2-6 spikelets, or rarely the lower most forming a short raceme. Spikelets lanceolate, 2.5-4 mm long, glabrous to sparsely pubescent; glumes with smooth viscid awns, the longest in each fascicle 7-14 mm long.