Annual. Culms erect, or geniculately ascending; 5-40 cm long. Leaf-sheaths tubular for much of their length; pubescent. Ligule an eciliate membrane. Leaf-blades 2-10 cm long; 2-5 mm wide. Leaf-blade surface pubescent; hairy on both sides. Leaf-blade apex acuminate. Inflorescence a panicle. Panicle open; ovate; dense; 2-10 cm long; 1-2 cm wide. Primary panicle branches simple. Panicle branches scabrous. Spikelets solitary. Fertile spikelets pedicelled. Spikelets comprising 6-16 fertile florets; with diminished florets at the apex. Spikelets elliptic; laterally compressed; 10-40 mm long; 4-10 mm wide; breaking up at maturity; disarticulating below each fertile floret. Glumes persistent; dissimilar; shorter than spikelet. Lower glume lanceolate; 6-8 mm long; 0.8-0.9 length of upper glume; chartaceous; without keels; 3-5 -veined. Lower glume apex acute. Upper glume elliptic; 7-9 mm long; 0.7-0.8 length of adjacent fertile lemma; chartaceous; without keels; 7-9 -veined. Upper glume apex acute. Lodicules 2; membranous. Anthers 3; 1.5 mm long. Ovary with a fleshy appendage above style insertion; pubescent on apex. Lodicules 2; membranous. Anthers 3; 1.5 mm long. Ovary with a fleshy appendage above style insertion; pubescent on apex.

High elevations from the (Ru'us al-Jibal).