RANGE GRASSES OF HAWAII 



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No. 37. PENNISETUM COMPLANATUM (2, p. 227) 



Pennisetum complanatum is found growing in Mexico and in Central 

 America on the comparatively dry slopes above 6,500 feet. It is an 



Figure 37 .—Pennisetum complanatum 



erect perennial, 2 to 6 feet tall. In Hawaii this grass, together with 

 a closely related species, P. setosum, has done well under dry conditions 

 at the Pensacola Street station in Honolulu and at Waimea, Hawaii. 

 Little is known about the palatability of these grasses. 



