Introduced, warm-season, short-lived annual, tufted, hairy grass to 70 cm tall. Stems are prostrate to ascending, often rooting at lower nodes. Leaves to 15 mm wide with wavy margins. Flowerheads are a primary axis of (2-6) racemes to
8 cm long. Spikelets are evenly distributed, 4-5 mm long, 2-flowered, unawned and hairless. Germinates in spring and early summer. Flowering is in summer. A native of Africa, it is a weed of disturbed ground, such as cropping, overgrazed pastures, roadsides, gardens and paths. Commonly found around habitation. An indicator of disturbance. Has poor drought tolerance and grows most vigorously during wet summers. Occasionally causes nitrate poisoning of livestock. Provides limited summer feed and is susceptible to set stocking.
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