Sporobolus neglectus Nash. Puffsheath Dropseed Habit: Annual. Culms: 5-35 cm. tall, slender, erect, often decumbent at the base, tufted, freely branching. Blades: Upper shorter, lower, large, 3-9 cm. long, 2 mm. wide or less, scabrous and hairy near the base above, smooth beneath, attenuate into a slender point, lower often sparsely pilose. Sheaths: Inflated, much shorter than the internodes, often sparsely papillose-pilose, especially on the margins. Ligule: Very short. Inflorescence: Panicles spikelets, the terminal 2-6 cm. long, usually more or less included in the upper sheath, the lateral enclosed or nearly so, shorter. Spikelets: 2.5-3 mm. long, plump, pale, on short pedicels, 1-flowered, awnless, lateral spikelets wholly included. Glumes: Acute, subequal, the first slightly shorter, more or less scabrous on the keel. Lemmas: Glabrous, usually a little longer than the second glume, acute, 1-nerved. Palea: Acute, a little longer than the lemma. Fruit: Grain free from the lemma and readily dropping off, pericarp loosely enclosing the seed, thin and evanescent. Habitat: Dry soil, sandy fields and parking areas. August-September. Kansas Range: East three fourths. Synonyms: Sporobolus vaginiflorus (Torr. ex Gray) Wood var. neglectus (Nash) Scribn.