Paspalum melanospermum Desv. ex 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 melanospermum Desv. ex Poir.

  • Description

    Description - A nearly smooth, spreading annual, the culms ascending or erect from a decumbent base, 30 to 60 cm. tall, with lax flat blades, and 4 to 6 arcuate ascending racemes 1.5 to 3 cm. long, the axis 3 to 5 cm. long; spikelets 2 mm. long, more or less wrinkled on the flat side.