Rhizomatous and/or stoloniferous perennials. Ligule membranous, sometimes fringed. Inflorescence a panicle or raceme with spikelets appressed to their branches; panicle branches terminated by a bristle. Spikelet 2-flowered, the lower male and the upper female; glumes 2, falling with the spikelet.
About 5 species, from Asia, with 3 extending to Australia; 2 in Victoria.
Source:
Walsh, N.G. (1994). Poaceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., Flora of Victoria Vol. 2, Ferns and Allied Plants, Conifers and Monocotyledons, pp. 356–627. Inkata Press, Melbourne.
