Monographs Details:
Authority:
Hitchcock, Albert S. 1927. The grasses of Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 24: i-xx, 291-556.
Hitchcock, Albert S. 1927. The grasses of Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 24: i-xx, 291-556.
Family:
Poaceae
Poaceae
Description:
Description - A densely tufted, glabrous annual, the slender wiry culms ascending or erect from a geniculate base, freely branching from the lower nodes, the narrow blades commonly involute, the nodding or erect panicles about 10 to 15 cm. long, the slender branches short, appressed, or sometimes the lower 5 cm. long or more, spreading and flexuous, the spikelets short-pediceled, mostly clustered, the equal awns 12 to 20 cm. long. Extremely variable in appearance, ranging from dwarf plants with narrow compact panicles to larger plants, as much as 70 cm. tall, with flexuous panicles.
Description - A densely tufted, glabrous annual, the slender wiry culms ascending or erect from a geniculate base, freely branching from the lower nodes, the narrow blades commonly involute, the nodding or erect panicles about 10 to 15 cm. long, the slender branches short, appressed, or sometimes the lower 5 cm. long or more, spreading and flexuous, the spikelets short-pediceled, mostly clustered, the equal awns 12 to 20 cm. long. Extremely variable in appearance, ranging from dwarf plants with narrow compact panicles to larger plants, as much as 70 cm. tall, with flexuous panicles.