Sporobolus purpurascens (Sw.) Ham.

  • 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

    Sporobolus purpurascens (Sw.) Ham.

  • Description

    Description - Culms slender, erect, tufted, with numerous short leaves at base, naked above, the blades flat or, especially on the innovations, folded ; panicle 10 to 15 cm. long, the short branches in usually rather distinct whorls, spikelet-bearing to the base.