Lasiacis sorghoidea (Desv. ex Ham.) Hitchc. & Chase
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Authority
Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro. 2005. Vines and climbing plants of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 51: 1-483.
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Family
Poaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
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Description - Perennial herb: culms 1-10 m in length, erect, decumbent, or scandent. Leaves distichous; leaf sheath pubescent, papillose or hispid; ligule (0.3)0.5-1.5(-2.6) mm long; blades lanceolate, ovate or linear, flattened, (6-)9- 1 9(-23) cm x (6)12-34(46) mm, smooth, pubescent on the upper surface. Inflorescences ovate; primary axis (5-)9-25(-35) cm long; secondary axes 4-9 cm long, appressed or spreading. Spikelets solitary, obovoid or ellipsoid, (3-)3. 4-4.1 x 2.5-3.2 mm; lower glumes (1.2-) 1.5-2.1 mm long, 7-11-veined; upper glumes 3-4.3 mm long, 9-13-veined.
Phenology - Collected in fertile condition from November to April.
Conservation Status - Native, locally common.