Fig. 464. Spoiobolus asperifolius (Nees & Mey.) Thiiili. in 

 Brewer & S. Wate. Bot. Calif. 2 : 269. 1880. ( Vilfa aspcrifolia 

 Nees & Meyer). Rough-leafed Salt-grass. A slciuler, iiuicli- 

 brancbed, leafy pereunial 1 to 3 5 <lm. liis'li, with dift'nsc! pauicles 

 G 1<) 10 cm. loDg. Spikelets 1 to 5 mm. long' with uearly equal, 

 .cute empty jjlumes (). Alkaline soil, Assinihoia to the Dakotas 

 .ud Missouri westward to British Columbia and California 

 June-September. 



