Culms 0.5-5 cm × 0.2-0.3 mm. Leaves 0.5-3 cm × 0.5-1 mm. Inflorescences: spikes 1(-2), globose (to ovoid), 2-3 × 1.5-3 mm, bristly; bracts 2-3, 0.4-2 cm ´ 0.3-0.6 mm. Spikelets: floral scales 2; 1st scale narrowly obovate, 1.8-2.8 × 0.2-0.4 mm, widest proximal to mid length, apex long-acuminate, to 0.6-1.4 mm; 2d scale oblong, 0.6-0.8 × 0.2-0.3 mm; 3d scale absent; stamen 1; anther 0.2 mm; stigmas 2. Achenes obovoid, 0.5-0.8 × 0.3 mm, 1.5-2.5 times long as wide.