Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Sorghastrum incompletum (J. Presl) Nash
Andropogon incompletus J. Presl, in Presl, Rel. Haenk. 1 : 342. 1830. Andropogon GaleoUii FovLrti. Mex. PI. Gram. 56. 1881.
Stems 8-12 dm. tall, slender; leaf-sheaths glabrous; blades 1-3 dm. long, 3-7 mm. wide, usually flat, rough; panicle 1-3 dm. long, usually narrow and dense, rarely diffuse and broad; spikelets 4 mm. long, hirsute, the perfect awn 2-3 cm. long, the column several times longer than the spikelet and geniculate.
Type locality : Mexico. Distribution : Mexico to Costa Rica.
- bibliographic citation
- George Valentine Nash. 1912. (POALES); POACEAE (pars). North American flora. vol 17(2). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
