Family: Poaceae
Group: Monocot
Perennation:
Perennial
Habit:
Herb
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Native Status:
Native
Preliminary IRC Status:
Imperiled
Native Range:
The West Indies, Mexico, Central America and South America.
Map of Locations [currently Florida only]
Comments:
Open, dry ground; central and southern Commonwealth (Correll & Correll, 1982). Apparently absent in the Turks and Caicos Islands.
There is an illustration in Correll & Correll (p. 106).
For specimen images, visit the
New York Botanical Garden Virtual Herbarium.
