Diarrhena americana P.Beauv.

  • Authority

    Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

  • Family

    Poaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Diarrhena americana P.Beauv.

  • Description

    Species Description - Culms 5–12 dm; sheaths pubescent toward the top; blades 2–4 dm × 10–18 mm, with excentric midvein; infl long-exsert, 1–3 dm, drooping; spikelets at first subcylindric, soon flattened by the spreading of the lemmas; first glume triangular; second glume oblong, cuspidate; 2n=60. Moist woods. Two vars.