Paspalum stellatum Humb. & Bonpl. ex Flüggé

  • 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

    Paspalum stellatum Humb. & Bonpl. ex Flüggé

  • Description

    Description - A tufted erect perennial with narrow subinvolute hirsute blades and simple wiry culms 25 to 50 cm. tall, the solitary (or rarely paired) arcuate racemes 5 to 10 cm. long, the ribbonlike rachis golden-brown, the glistening white hairs of the spikelets stellately spreading at maturity.