Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Anastrophus capillaris (I^am.) Nash
Paspalum capillare I^am. Tab. Encyc. 1 : 176. 1791.
Paspalum minuiwtn Trin. Ivinnaea 10 : 293. 1836.
Axonopus capillaris Chase, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 24 : 133. 1911.
Stems up to 4 dm. tall, very slender, with one or more leafless branches arising from the upper axils; leaf -sheaths ciliate on the margin, otherwise glabrous; blades glabrous, 3-6 cm. long, 4-6 mm. wide, flat, lanceolate, acuminate; racemes in pairs at the summit of the stem and branches, or sometimes with an additional one or more below, slender, often curved, 2-3 cm. long, the rachis narrowly winged; spikelets 1-1.25 mm. long, appressed-pubescent, the outer scales about as long as the glabrous fruiting scale.
Type locality : South America.
Distribution : Costa Rica ; also in Peru and Brazil.
- bibliographic citation
- George Valentine Nash. 1912. (POALES); POACEAE (pars). North American flora. vol 17(2). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
