Tripsacum dactyloides (L.) L.

  • 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

    Tripsacum dactyloides (L.) L.

  • Description

    Description - Culms sparingly branching, about 2 meters tall, in large clumps ; blades flat, up to 3 cm. wide ; inflorescence of 1 to 3 erect spikes ; staminate spikelets both nearly sessile, firm, obtuse.