Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Sporobolus nealleyi Vasey, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 1: 57
1890.
Perennial, resembling dwarf specimens of S. cryptandrus but the base loosely rhizomatous; culms slender, erect, 15-40 cm. tall; blades slender, involute, squarrose-spreading, mostly less than 5 cm. long; panicles delicate, open, 3-8 cm. long, sometimes inclosed in the sheath, the branches and branchlets mostly spreading; spikelets less crowded than in S. cryptandrus.
Type locality: Brazos Santiago, Texas (Nealley). Distribution: Gvpsum sands, western Texas and New Mexico.
- bibliographic citation
- Albert Spear Hitchcock. 1937. (POALES); POACEAE (pars). North American flora. vol 17(7). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
