Chaetochloa geniculata (Lam.) Millsp. & Chase
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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 - Tufted, the slender compressed culms erect, geniculate at base, or sometimes spreading, the blades mostly 5 to 8 mm. wide, the long-exserted, dense, spikelike, yellow or purplish panicle 5 to 10 cm. long, 6 to 8 mm. thick excluding the bristles. The bristles vary in length and color. Early in the season they are longer than the spikelets, but on later panicles they may be shorter than the spikelets.