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Fig. 2. Imperata hookeri Rupr. (I. brevifolia Vasey; I. caudata 

 Scribn. notTrin. ) ; Beal, Grasses N. Am., 2 : 22. A stout, glabrous 

 perennial 5 to 12 dm. high, with strong, creeping rootstocks, flat 

 leaves, and elongated white-hairy, densely flowered panicles. 

 Western Texas, Nevada, New Mexico, Arizona, Southern California 

 and southward. 



