Family: Poaceae
Group: Monocot
Perennation:
Perennial
Habit:
Herb
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Native Status:
Native
Preliminary IRC Status:
Apparently Secure
Native Range:
Endemic to the Bahama Archipelago (accepted as endemic by Freid et al. 2014).
Map of Locations [currently Florida only]
Comments:
On open, rocky flats and in open, disturbed sites; central and southeastern archipelago (Correll & Correll, 1982).
For an image of the type specimen collected on Great Inagua by Albert S. Hitchcock in 1890, visit the
New York Botanical Garden Virtual Herbarium.
