Apical sterile spikelets with3-4 awns; white-pinkish spikes. Annual grass, culms tufted, erect or geniculately ascending, slightly flattened, 15–100cm tall. Basal leaf sheaths strongly keeled, glabrous; leaf blades flat or folded, 5–30 cm,2–7 mm wide, Spikelets with 2 or 3 florets, 2-awned.
Other information: Because of the bushy,silver appearance of its inflorescence, it is known as Siyarpunch / Siyalpunch in hadauti, which means jackals tail.
Fl. & Fr.: July–December
Palatability: Palatable

• Habit: Grass