Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Sorghastrum setosum (Griseb.) Hitchc. Contr. U. S. Nat
Herb. 12 : 195. 1909.
Andropogon setosus Griseb. Cat. PI. Cub, 235. 1866.
Andropogon Francavillanus Fourn. Mex. PI. Gram. 56. 1881.
Sorgum nutans micranthum genuinum Hack, in Mart. Fl. Bras. 2^ : 274. 1883. Sorgum nutans micranthum submuticum Hack, in Mart. Fl. Bras. 23 : 275. 1883. Andropogon agrostoides Speg. Anal. Soc. Ci. Argent. 16 : 136. 1883. Andropogon nutans agrostoides Hack, in DC. Monog. Phan, 6 : 529. 1889. Andropogon nutans submuticus Hack, in DC. Monog. Phan. 6 : 529. 1889. Sorghastrum Francavillanum Hitchc. Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 12 : 195. 1909. Sorghastrum agrostoides Hitch. Bot. Gaz. 51 : 300. 1911. Stems 1 m. tall or more, glabrous, with the exception of the usually barbed nodes; leafsheaths glabrous, rarely hirsute at the apex; blades up to 5 dm. long and 7 mm. wide, involute or flat, glabrous; panicle 1-2 dm. long, oblong to oblong-linear; spikelets 3.5-5 mm. long, usually yellowish-brown, hirsute, the awn imperfect, 1-3 mm. long, or perfect, the exserted portion not longer than the spikelet.
Type locality : Cuba.
Distribution : Continental tropical America, Jamaica, Cuba, and Haiti,
- bibliographic citation
- George Valentine Nash. 1912. (POALES); POACEAE (pars). North American flora. vol 17(2). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
