Sporobolus indicus (L.) R.Br.

  • Authority

    Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.

  • Family

    Poaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Sporobolus indicus (L.) R.Br.

  • Description

    Species Description - Glabrous. Culms 3-12 dm. tall, erect, tufted; leaves 2-6 mm. wide, attenuate into a long slender tip, the lower 2-3 dm. long, the uper shorter; panicle 1-4 dm. in length, usually elongated, narrow, spike-like; spikelets 1.5-2 mm. long, the outer scales unequal, the second about one-third as long as the third, obtuse, smooth and glabrous, the lower one shorter, and often erosetruncate.

  • Distribution

    Waste and cultivated grounds, New Providence and Eleuthera : West Indies ; continental tropica] America. Referred by Dolley to 8. tenacissimus Beauv. West Inpian Rush-grass.

    Eleuthera Bahamas South America| West Indies|