Paspalum fasciculatum Willd. ex Flüggé
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Authority
Hitchcock, Albert S. 1927. The grasses of Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 24: i-xx, 291-556.
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Family
Poaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Description - A large, extensively creeping perennial, the compressed culms as much as 1 cm. wide and several meters long, the bases forming a tangled mass, the erect flowering culms 1 to 2 meters tall ; sheaths densely silky-ciliate, at least toward the summit; blades flat, 30 to 60 cm. long, commonly 2 cm. wide, the margins very scabrous ; racemes 10 to 12 cm. long, numerous, aggregate in a fan-shaped panicle ; spikelets 4 mm. long, 1.5 mm. wide, acuminate.