Tufted glabrous annual. Leaf-blades flat; ligules membranous, conspicuous. Inflorescence a rather dense, secund panicle. Spikelets of two kinds, falling in groups comprising 1 or 2, awned, 1-flowered, bisexual spikelet(s) surrounded by 3–5 several-flowered, unawned sterile spikelets; glumes membranous, subequal.
Monotypic genus from the Mediterranean.
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.
