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Lasiacis maculata

Botanic Family

Poaceae

Author

(Aublet) Urban

Common Names

• Carricillo (Costa Rica)
• Carricillo Trepador (Costa Rica)

Geographical Habitats

• N. Argentina
• Belize
• Bolivia
• Brazil
• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• Cuba
• Ecuador
• El Salvador
• French Guiana
• Guyana
• Guatemala
• Hispaniola
• Honduras
• Jamaica
• Leeward Islands
• Chiapas
• Jalisco
• Mexico
• Oaxaca
• San Luis Potosi
• Sonora
• Veracruz - Mexico
• Nicaragua
• Panama
• Paraguay
• Peru
• Puerto Rico
• Suriname
• Trinidad & Tobago
• Virgin Islands - USA
• Venezuela
• Venezuelan Antilles
• Windward islands

Natural Habitats

• Secondary vegetation
• disturbed areas
• woodland
• forest
• shrubland
• montane areas

Flowering Times

• Nov-Apr (Puerto Rico)

Fruiting Times

Decumbent or scandent perennial herb to 7m. Pubescent leaves 230mm x 46mm. Panicles to 350mm long with secondary axes to 90mm long, spikelets to 5mm x 3.2mm

Further References

• The Plant List 2
• NYBG
• VOPR
• Kew
• FOPE
• Mexicanas
• Gleason & Moldenke
• SAFIO