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 decumbent branching perennial 0.5 to 1 meter tall, with densely villous to glabrate sheaths, lanceolate, falcate, usually velvety blades 1 to 2 cm. wide, and narrow open many-flowered panicles 10 to 20 cm. long, the branches ascending, the glabrous spikelets 3 mm. long.
Description - A decumbent branching perennial 0.5 to 1 meter tall, with densely villous to glabrate sheaths, lanceolate, falcate, usually velvety blades 1 to 2 cm. wide, and narrow open many-flowered panicles 10 to 20 cm. long, the branches ascending, the glabrous spikelets 3 mm. long.