Imperata brevifolia is a perennial grass growing from a hard
rhizome to heights near 1.5 meters. The flat leaves are up to 50 centimeters long and 1.5 wide. The
inflorescence is a narrow, cylindrical white plume up 10 to 30 centimeters long. It is filled thickly with silky white hairs and dotted with dark speckles which are the orange-brown
anthers and purplish-brown
stigmas of the spikelets. ==External links==