Japan Flora: Culms tufted, erect, firm, 80-120 cm. long, covered at base with yellow-brown densely villous sheath-bases; leaves radical and cauline> the blades linear, 30-50 cm. long, 5-7 mm. wide, though appearing as if 2-3 mm. in diameter resulting from the loosely revolute margins, glabrous or nearly so, often with short hairs near base; ligules truncate, short; sheaths white-pilose above; inflorescence ex­serted; racemes few, erect，12-15 cm. long, yellow-brown with a purple hue, the joints villous, about 4 mm. long, oblique at both ends; pedicels slightly shorter than the joints; spikelets lanceolate, about 5 mm. long, rather acute, slighdy flattened above, white-pilose; awn about 2 cm. long.  Sept.-Oct.

Honshu (Owari and Mikawa Prov.). Korea, China, and India.