Aristida capillacea Lam.

• 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

  Aristida capillacea Lam.

• Description

  Description - A delicate tufted annual 10 to 20 cm. tall; panicles narrow but somewhat open; fruit (excluding awns) 3 mm. long, the awns equal, about 5 mm. long.