Japan Flora: Culms 30-80 cm. long, from a branched, decumbent or ascending base, glabrous, hairy on upper parts and nodes; leaf-blades flat, broadly linear, 15-30 cm. long, 8-12 mm. wide, usually appressed-pubescent on both sides; ligules truncate, often bifid, sometimes lacerate; sheaths usually appressed-pubescent; racemes 2, geminate, erect and appressed to each other, 6-12 cm. long, sessile, with long white hairs, the joints thick, 3-angled, white-ciliate on the angles; sessile spikelet obovate to broadly so, 7-8 mm. long, obtuse, usually hirsute on back; first glume with broad, more or less serrulate wings; awn of fertile lemma perfect, ex­serted. July-Sept. Sandy seashores.

Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu; common. Korea and China.