Leersia hexandra Sw.

  • 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

    Leersia hexandra Sw.

  • Description

    Description - A scabrous subaquatic perennial, the slender culms often 2 meters tall, erect from a creeping base, the flat blades mostly 15 to 20 cm. long and about 8 mm. wide, the many-flowered panicle pale or purplish. Extensively creeping stolons with short blades are sometimes produced in land bordering ponds and ditches.