Tripsacum

• 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

  Tripsacum

• Description

  Genus Description - Spikelets unisexual, in spikes; staminate spikelets above the pistillate, in pairs at the nodes, 2-fld, with 2 glumes and 2 flowering lemmas; pistillate spikelets solitary at the nodes, sunken in hollows on the thickened articulate rachis, with 2 glumes, 1 sterile lemma, and 1 fertile lemma; stout perennials. 7, warm Amer.

• Common Names

  gama-grass