Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Nazia racemosa (I,.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 780. 1891
Cenchrus racemosus 'L,. Sp. PI. 1049. 1753. Phalaris muricata Forsk. Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. 202. 1775. Tragus racemosus All. Fl. Fed. 2 : 241. 1785. Tragus m.uricatus Moench, Meth. 53. 1794. Lappago racemosa Willd. Sp. PI. 1 : 484. 1798.
Stems up to 4 dm. tall, often rooting at the lower nodes and there sending up tufts of erect branches; leaf-sheaths smooth and glabrous; blades up to 6 cm. long, usually less than 4 cm., 2-4 mm. wide, flat, ciliate on the margins, otherwise glabrous; inflorescence 2-8 cm. long, often included at the base; spikelets 4—4.5 mm. long, the spines with the somewhat swollen opaque base shorter than the translucent apex, the longer ones often 1 mm. in length.
Type locality : Southern Europe.
Distribution : Occasionally introduced about cities or as a ballast waif ; native of the warm temperate and tropical regions of the Old World.
- bibliographic citation
- George Valentine Nash. 1912. (POALES); POACEAE (pars). North American flora. vol 17(2). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
