Paspalum orbiculatum Poir.

  • 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 orbiculatum Poir.

  • Description

    Description - A glabrous creeping perennial, with ascending flowering branches 10 to 20 cm. tall, the delicate culms finally branching; blades flat, spreading, mostly 1.5 to 4 cm. long, 4 to 7 mm. wide ; racemes 2 or 3, short-exserted, 4 to 5 mm. distant, 1 to 2 cm. long, the minute spikelets pale yellow.