Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Mesosetum loliiforme (Hochst.) Chase, Bot. Gaz. 51 : 302. 1911
Panicum loliiforme Hochst; Steud. Syn. Gram. 56. 1854.
A stoloniferous perennial. Stems tufted, up to 7 dm. tall, erect, pubescent at the nodes; leaf -sheaths papillose-hispid with spreading hairs; blades up to 8 cm. long, 3-6 mm. wide, flat, or involute on the margins, papillose-hispid on both surfaces, hispid-ciliate on the cartilaginous margins; raceme up to 1.5 dm. long, slender, long-exserted ; spikelets 3-3.5 mm. long, the outer 3 scales copiously hairy, 3-nerved, the first scale oblong, asymmetric, rounded at the apex, longer than the lanceolate acute second, the third scale broadly elHptic, acute, the fruiting scale broadly lanceolate, acute.
Type LOCALITY : Surinam. Distribution : Cuba; also in Surinam.
- bibliographic citation
- George Valentine Nash. 1912. (POALES); POACEAE (pars). North American flora. vol 17(2). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
