Description: Stems 7-15(-20)cm. Leaves 2-6mm wide; sheaths rough on the ribs, the uppermost somewhat inflated; ligule 5-10mm. Panicle up to 60 × 25mm, oblong. Spikelets pedicellate, in groups of 3-5 at the ends of branches; pedicels long silky hairy. Sterile spikelets 5-8mm; glumes linear-lanceolate; lemmas numerous, ovate, distincly 2-ranked, imbricate. Fertile spikelets with linear-lanceolate glumes and ovate lemma, 2-fid apex, wih a long awn from the sinus; sterile rudiment with a long awn.

Poison: None Known

Uses: Ornamental

Distribution: Algeria,  Corsica,  Crete,  Croatia,  Cyprus,  East Aegean Islands,  Egypt,  France,  Greece,  Israel and The Palestinian Territories,