Sparsely tufted, hairy annuals. Leaves flat, ligule membranous. Inflorescence a dense, ovoid panicle. Spikelets 1-flowered; glumes 2, persistent, 1-nerved, hairy, narrow and tapered to awn-like points; lemma 5-nerved, bilobed at apex, each lobe terminating in a slender awn, with a longer awn arising between the lobes.
A monotypic genus native to the Mediterranean but widely naturalized.
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.
