Muhlenbergia angustata (C.Presl) Kunth
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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 - A densely cespitose erect perennial 40 to 80 cm. tall, with firm folded scabrous blades, drooping forward with a strong circular bend at base, the firm ligule commonly 5 to 10 mm. long, and dense, tawny or lead-colored, spikelike panicles 10 to 15 cm. long ; glumes 6 to 7 mm. long, narrow, acuminate or awn-pointed, scaberulous ; lemma about as long as glumes, scaberulous, acuminate, or bearing a slender straight awn as much as 6 mm. long.