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 - Plants erect, as much as 2 meters tall, with appressed firm blades 8 to 12 cm. long and 5 to 6 mm. wide, and spikelike panicles 15 to 30 cm. long; spikelets glabrous, usually dark colored.
Description - Plants erect, as much as 2 meters tall, with appressed firm blades 8 to 12 cm. long and 5 to 6 mm. wide, and spikelike panicles 15 to 30 cm. long; spikelets glabrous, usually dark colored.