Monographs Details:
Authority:

Hitchcock, Albert S. 1927. The grasses of Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 24: i-xx, 291-556.
Family:

Poaceae
Scientific Name:

Cenchrus echinatus L.
Description:

Description - Culms usually about 50 cm. long, ascending from a decumbent base, branching below ; blades flat, thin, usually elongate, 5 to 10 mm. wide ; spike commonly 5 to 7 cm. long.