Cat's eye grass can grow to about 40 cm, the stem will generally have branches, the bottom is very hard.
The leaves at the bottom of cat's eye grass are scaly and fall early. The leaves in the middle and above are narrow strip lanceolate with a length of about 2-5cm and a width of about 2-3mm.
The flower of cat's eye grass is yellow brown, the flowering period is between April and June, the involucral bracts are cup-shaped, glabrous