Japan Flora: Tufted perennial; culms erect, firm, to 1.5 m. high, 6 mm. in diameter, sheathed at base, long-villous in up­per part; leaf-blades coriaceous, linear, 40-60 cm. long, 4-6 mm. wide, gradually long-acuminate, narrowed at base, with recurved margins, glaucous beneath, scabrous on upper sur­face and margins, the midrib thickened toward the base; mouth of sheath long-hairy; ligules 15-3 mm. long, ciliate, ovate or ovate-deltoid; panicle narrow, erect, about 30 cm. long, the branches erect; racemes many-jointed, the joints 4-6 mm. long, sparsely long-hairy toward the apex; pedicels 2-3 mm. long; sessile spikelet broadly lanceolate, 4.5-5 mm. long; callus with a tuft of silky hairs about 10 mm. long. Aug.-Sept. Sandy places near seashores.

Honshu (s. Kanto and Tokaido Distr.); locally common.  Ryukyus.