Sporobolus berteroanus (Trin.) Hitchc. & Chase

  • 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 berteroanus (Trin.) Hitchc. & Chase

  • Description

    Description - An erect tufted perennial as much as 1 meter tall, with flat blades becoming involute, especially at the slender point, and spikelike panicles mostly 10 to 25 cm. long, the branches 1 to 2 cm. long, appressed.