Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Schaffnerella gracilis (Benth.) Nash
Schaffnera gracilis Benth. in Hook. Ic. PI. 14 : 59. 1882.
F
Stems up to 2.5 dm. tall, slender, with long internodes; leaf-sheaths broad and strongly striate, with hyaline margins which run into the ligule; blades 5-20 mm. long, 1-1.5 mm. wide, linear to linear^lanceolate, rough, acute; inflorescence 1-2 cm. long; spikelets 5-6 mm. long, exclusive of the awns, the first scale with the awns longer than the body, the flowering scale with the awn shorter than itself.
Type locality : Mountains of San Miguelito, in the valley of San I^uis Potosi, Mexico.
Distribution : Known only from the tvpe locality.
- bibliographic citation
- George Valentine Nash. 1912. (POALES); POACEAE (pars). North American flora. vol 17(2). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
