Cenchrus myosuroides Kunth

  • 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

    Cenchrus myosuroides Kunth

  • Description

    Description - Glabrous ; culms sparingly branching, woody, often 2 meters tall ; spikes dense, cylindric, 12 to 20 cm. long, about 8 mm. thick, the erect involucral bristles not exceeding the spikelet.