Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.
Conservation Status
Review Date1994-03-22
Change Date1994-03-22
Edition Date1993-05-06
Edition AuthorsAnnable, C. (1993); revised by J. Snyder (1995) and by L. Morse (1995)
Range Extent>2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles)
Rank Reasons
Widespread in southern South America.
Range Extent Comments
Ecuador and Peru to Argentina; established as an exotic elsewhere, including North America and New Zealand.
Ecology & Habitat
Diagnostic Characteristics
Distinguished from C. selloana by the looser, yellowish or purplish panicle and somewhat smaller spikelets; only female plants are known (Bailey 1976).
Bailey, L.H., and E.Z. Bailey. 1976. Hortus Third: a concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada. Macmillan Publishing Co., New York. 1290 pp.
Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.