Culms 60-120 cm. Ligules 0.7-1.5 mm; blades usually 1-6
mm wide. Rames 5-8 cm; internodes 4-6 mm, glabrous except for
a tuft of hairs at the base. Sessile spikelets: glumes glabrous
or scabrous; awns 15-25 mm. Pedicels straight, ciliate on 1 edge
distally. Pedicellate spikelets about 3 mm, sterile, awns 3-6 mm. 2n
= 40, 50, 60, 70, 80.
Schizachyrium sanguineum var. sanguineum grows in tropical and
subtropical regions of America, Africa, and Asia. Within the Flora region,
it is known only from the pine woods of Alabama and Florida.