It has simple purplish tinged 1–2 mm wide stems and glabrous grass-like leaves and 10–13 mm wide pale blue flowers.

It is only known from the areas of Nuup Kangerlua, Ameralik and previously Kangerslussuaq.

[1][2][3] The leaves of this 12–30 cm high perennial herb are glabrous 1-1.8 mm broad and similar to those of grasses.

Flowers consists of two sets of tepal, the outer most are 5.7–10.3 mm with rounded apex.

[5] Greenland blue-eyed grass has been found on warm, sunny, steep, dry southerly exposed slopes.