Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Tripsacum pilosum Scrib. & Merr. Bull. U. S. Dep. Agr
Agrost. 24 : 6. 1900.
Stems stout, 1-2 m. tall, glabrous, or pubescent just below the inflorescence ; leafsheaths densely papillose-hispid ; blades 4-6 dm. long, 2-4 cm. wide, long-acuminate, narrowed toward the base, hirsute, at least on the upper surface; spikes up to 2.5 dm. long, pistillate for about one quarter of their length or less, rather slender ; pistillate spikelets about 5 mm. long, the outer scale ovate, acute ; staminate spikelets 5-7 mm. long, the outer scale oblong, acute or obtuse.
Type locality : Between Colottan and Bolanos, Jalisco, Mexico.
Distribution: Mexico.
- bibliographic citation
- Percy Wilson, Per Axel Rydberg, Norman Taylor, Nathaniel Lord Britton, John Kunkel Small, George Valentine Nash. 1909. PANDANALES-POALES; TYPHACEAE, SPARGANACEAE, ELODEACEAE, HYDROCHARITACEAE, ZANNICHELLIACEAE, ZOSTERACEAE, CYMODOCEACEAE, NAIADACEAE, LILAEACEAE, SCHEUCHZERIACEAE, ALISMACEAE, BUTOMACEAE, POACEAE (pars). North American flora. vol 17(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
