Habit : A small glabrous annual sedge with fibrous roots and tufted stem.
Leaves : Shorter than the stem; erect acuminate, flat, 1-nerved, flaccid.
Inflorescence : Umbel with 2-5 rays or capitate with numerous spikelets crowded into a globose or oblong head.
Flowers :
Bracteate, bracts 2-5.
Spikelets oblong, flat, 6-20 flowered, brownish; rachilla not winged, articulated deciduous. Glumes oblong distichous; keel strong, produced into a recurved beak as long as the limb.
Stamens 1; anthers small, oblong.
Fruits : Nuts, narrowly obovoid; rounded and apiculate at the apex, tapering towards the base, trigonous, reddish-brown.
