Trichloris

• 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

  Trichloris

• Description

  Description - Spikelets 2 to 5-flowered, similar to those of Chloris; fertile lemma 3-awned the lateral awns sometimes reduced. Perennials with several erect spikes feathery with the numerous awns.