Panicle branches 1-20, persistent, with 6-130 spikelets, terminating in a point or spikelet; spikelets usually dense and pectinate on the branches; disarticulation above the glumes.

Selected References

None.

J.K. Wipff +
(Desv.) A. Gray +
Conn. +, N.J. +, N.Y. +, W.Va. +, Mich. +, Alta. +, B.C. +, Man. +, Ont. +, Sask. +, D.C +, Wis. +, Ariz. +, N.Mex. +, Pacific Islands (Hawaii) +, Idaho +, Oreg. +, Fla. +, Wyo. +, Tex. +, La. +, Md. +, Maine +, Miss. +, S.C. +, N.C. +, Nebr. +, Tenn. +, Pa. +, Mass. +, Ala. +, Ga. +, Ill. +, Ind. +, Ky. +, Minn. +, N.Dak. +, Ohio +, S.Dak. +, Utah +, Mont. +, Va. +, Colo. +, Calif. +, Puerto Rico +, Virgin Islands +, Kans. +, Okla. +, Ark. +, Iowa +, Nev. +, Wash. +  and Mo. +
Gramineae +
Bouteloua subg. Chondrosum +
Bouteloua +
subgenus +