Protologue Description: HIEROCHLOA ODORATA (L.) Wahl.., VAR FRAGRANS (Willd.) Richter, forma Eamesii, n.f., panicula elongata 2-4 dm. long, ramis paucis remotis.
Panicle elongate, 2-4 dm. long, with a few elongate branches.-CONNECTICUT: border of cultivated field beside a salt marsh, Fairfield, May 13, 1910, E.H. Eames, no. 8339; field bordering salt-meadows in rich soil, May 27, 1914, E.H. eames, no. 8734 (TYPE in Gray Herb.).