Leptochloa uninervia (J.Presl) 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

    Leptochloa uninervia (J.Presl) Hitchc. & Chase

  • Description

    Description - A rather stout and somewhat succulent annual, with numerous erect or decumbent culms 30 to 60 or even 100 cm. tall, slightly roughened sheaths, and narrow panicles 7 to 15 cm. long; racemes ascending or finally spreading, rather closely arranged, single or somewhat aggregate, pale or lead-colored, 2 to 5 cm. long or sometimes longer.