Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Paspalum rottboellioides Wright ; Sauv. Anal. Acad
Ci. HabanaS: 204. 1871.
Stems tufted, slender, up to 6 dm. tall, glabrous, simple; leaves papillose-hirsute with spreading hairs, mostly on the innovations and the base of the stem; blades flat or involute, up to 7 cm. long, erect or ascending; racemes 1 or 2, 3-6 cm. long, straight or curved, the flexuous rachis about 0.75 mm. wide; spikelets singly disposed, 2.3-3 mm. long, 1-1.2 mm. wide, elliptic-oblong, obtuse, the first scale wanting, the second and third scales 3-nerved, the second scale pubescent with long appressed hairs, the third glabrous, the fruiting scale elliptic, obtuse, a little shorter than the other scales.
fc LOCALITY : In sandy savannas of the Vuelta de Abajo, Cuba. Distribution : Cuba.
- bibliographic citation
- George Valentine Nash. 1912. (POALES); POACEAE (pars). North American flora. vol 17(2). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
