Tripsacum

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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Tripsacum (Greek, to rub or thresh, probably alluding to the ease with which the fertile spike can be broken up). Gramineae. Perennial grasses with stout culms and monoecious infl., in spikes terminating the culm and branches: fls. monoecious, in the same spike, the staminate above; spikes terminal and axillary; staminate spikelets 2-fld., in pairs at each joint; pistillate single, 1-fld., imbedded in each joint of the rachis, so that the smooth cartilaginous axis and the outer glume form a nearly cylindrical mass; at maturity the pistillate spikes separate into the joints.—Species about 6, of the warmer parts of N. Amer., one extending north to Cent. U. S. and in many places furnishing considerable native fodder. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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