Distichlis spicata (L.) Greene
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Authority
Hitchcock, Albert S. 1927. The grasses of Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 24: i-xx, 291-556.
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Family
Poaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Description - Culms erect from stout creeping rhizomes mostly 10 to 20 cm. tall, with conspicuously distichous leaves, the sheaths overlapping, the sharp-pointed blades spreading ; panicles condensed, usually with more than 3 spikelets.