Aristida schiedeana Trin. & Rupr.

  • 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 schiedeana Trin. & Rupr.

  • Description

    Description - An erect perennial as much as 1 meter tall with flat blades (curled or flexuous with age) and open panicles, the distant branches spreading, naked below, the spikelets appressed along the upper part of the branchlets ; column twisted ; lateral awns obsolete.