Crypsis

• 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

  Crypsis

• Description

  Genus Description - Spikelets 1-fld, articulated above the glumes; glumes compressed and keeled, subequal, 1-veined, acute, scarious-margined; lemma membranous, somewhat longer than the glumes, 1-veined, awnless; palea about as long as the lemma; low annuals with erect to decumbent or prostrate stems, short blades, and dense, short, spike-like panicles of small spikelets; ligule a zone of hairs. (Heleochloa) 10, Old World.