 The plant is a low-growing, tufted, hairless grass, with a bunching (or tillering) growth habit.The leaves are dark green, smooth and glossy on the lower surface, with untoothed parallel sides and prominent parallel veins on the upper surface.The leaves are folded lengthwise in bud (unlike the rolled leaves of Italian ryegrass, "Lolium multiflorum") with a strong central keel, giving a flattened appearance.