Andropogon lateralis Nees
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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 - An erect glabrous usually rich purple perennial 60 to 100 cm. tall, with flat blades 3 to 6 mm. wide, and few to several exserted inflorescences of 2 to 4 racemes 3 to 4 cm. long; joint and sterile pedicel villous; sessile spikelet 4 to 5 mm. long, purplish, the awn about 1 cm. long; sterile spikelet about as long as the fertile.