Elionurus muticus (Spreng.) Kuntze

Camargo Keller, Victor, Lopes Pereira-Silva, Erico Fernando & Hardt, Elisa, 2021, High richness, new occurrences, and threatened species in a savanna grassland remnant in the largest Brazilian metropolis, Check List 17 (2), pp. 507-549 : 527

Elionurus muticus (Spreng.) Kuntze

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Identification. Perennial tussock grass, with short rhizomes, 50–90 cm height. Distinguished by its leaf-blades filiform, involute, and hairy, 8–30 cm long, 0.1–0.14 cm wide, with a characteristic lemon odor when smashed. Inflorescence with a solitary branch, 3.0– 6.5 cm long, with white-silvery trichomes.

Remarks. Prevalent species on the native grassland.

Brazilian range. Midwest, North (PA and RR states), Northeast (BA state), South (PR state) and Southeast (except ES and RJ states) regions.

Materials examined. BRAZIL – São Paulo • Franco da Rocha, Parque Estadual do Juquery ; 23°20′56″S, 046°42′11″W; 4 Nov. 2016; collection number vck7; HU- FABC1886 • same collection data as for preceding; collection number vck8; HUFABC1887 • same collection data as for preceding; collection number vck10; HU- FABC1876 • same collection data as for preceding; collection number vck14; HUFABC1880 .