Sporobolus palmeri Scribn.

Sporobolus palmeri Scribn. Bull. U. S. Dep. Agr. Agrost. 11:
48. 1898.
Perennial, glaucous; culms densely cespitose, erect, 1-noded above the base, glabrous, 30-50 cm. tall; sheaths glabrous, striate, crowded below, pilose at the throat; ligule very short, densely ciliate with hairs 0.5-1 mm. long; blades involute, rather stiff, sharp-pointed, glabrous, 5-12 cm. long, 1-2 mm. wide when flattened; panicles open, rather diffuse, 20-30 cm. long, the axis glabrous or nearly so, the branches rather stiff, finally spreading, mostly solitary, glabrous in the axils, smooth, as much as 15 cm. long, the pedicels (branches of about the fourth order) capillary, somewhat flexuous, longer than the spikelets; spikelets 3-3.5 mm. long, plumbeous, glabrous; first glume obtuse, 1.5 mm. long; second glume 2-2.5 mm. long; lemma obtuse; palea broad, a little longer than the lemma, the keels close together; caryopsis about 2 mm. long.
TypB locality: Citv of Durango, Mexico (Palmer 180 in 1896).

Sporobolus palmeri là một loài thực vật có hoa trong họ Hòa thảo. Loài này được Scribn. miêu tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1898.