Olyra caudata Trin.

  • 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

    Olyra caudata Trin.

  • Description

    Description - An erect slender perennial about 60 cm. tall, with oblong blades 10 to 20 cm. long, rough above; branches of the inflorescence fascicled, the staminate spikelets short-pediceled along the main branches, the pistillate toward the end, acuminate but not caudate.