Chloris ekmanii Hitchc.

Chloris ekmanii Hitchc. Misc. Publ. U. S. Dep. Agr 243: 129. 1936.
Perennial; culms slender, densely tufted, erect or geniculate at the base, 10-50 cm. tall (usually 20-30 cm.); sheaths compressed-keeled, glabrous, or more or less pilose at the throat; blades slender, involute or sometimes flat, less than 10 cm. long, the culm-blades very much reduced, 1-2 (rarely 3) mm. wide, glabrous or nearly so; spikes 2-5, 1.5-3 cm. long, spreading or reflexed; spikelets rather distant, appressed; glumes very narrow, acuminate, 1-nervcd, the first about 1.5 mm. long, the second about 3 mm. long; fertile floret 3 mm. long, the lemma narrow, glabrous on the back, the margins sparsely pilose near the summit, the awn 7-8 mm. long, scaberulous; rudiment 1 ram. long, almost enclosed by the fertile lemma, the awn 5-6 mm. long, scaberulous.
Typb localitv: Babujal, Jagiiey Grande, Matanzas, Cuba {Ekman 16954). Distribution; Grassy or rocky slopes and in pine woods, Cuba, Jamaica, and Hispaniola.

Chloris ekmanii là một loài thực vật có hoa trong họ Hòa thảo. Loài này được C.L.Hitchc. mô tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1936.