Sporobolus domingensis (Trin.) Kunth

Sporobolus domingensis (Trin.) Kunth, Rev. Gram. Suppl
xvii. 1830.
Vilfa domingensis Trin. in Spreng. Neu. Entd. 2: 59. 1821.
Agrostis domingensis Schultes, in R. & S. Syst. Veg. Mant. 3: Addit. 570. 1827. (Based on Vilfa
domingensis Trin.) Sporobolus inordinalus Mez, Repert. Sp. Nov. 17: 294. 1921. (Type from Cuba.)
Perennial; culm cespitose, erect, glabrous, 3-5-noded, 50-100 cm. tall; sheaths glabrous, pilose at the throat; ligule densely ciliate, 1-1.5 mm. long; blades flat, attenuate-pointed, scabrous on the upper surface, very scabrous on the margins, glabrous beneath, elongate, 3-6 mm. wide; panicles narrow, mostly 10-15 cm. long, rather dense, the branches ascending or appressed, overlapping, irregularly arranged on the axis or the lower more or less in verticils; spikelets about 2 mm. long, densely clustered on the short appressed branchlets; first glume half as long as the spikelet.
Type locality: Santo Domingo.
Distribution: Coral sand and rocks along the coast, southern Florida and the West Indies; Yucatan.