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Eragrostis cilianensis

Eragrostis hypnoides

stinkgrass

teal love grass
Habit Ill-smelling annual, the hollow stems erect to decumbent, 1-5 dm. tall, with pit-like depressions just below the nodes. Prostrate, sparsely pubescent annual, the hollow culms less than 1 dm. tall, rooting at the nodes.
Leaves

Sheaths open, glandular, the throat with hairs up to 2 mm. long;

ligules a fringe of straight hairs nearly 1 mm. long;

blades flat to folded, 2-5 mm. broad.

Sheaths open;

ligules a fringe of straight hairs 0.6 mm. long;

blades flat to folded, 1-2 mm. broad.
Flowers

Inflorescence a condensed panicle 7-15 cm. long, tapered from the base upward;

spikelets ovate-oblong, up to 40-flowered, flattened, about 3 mm. broad;

glumes keeled, subequal, 2-2.5 mm. long, the first 1-nerved, the second 3-nerved;

lemmas awnless, with 3 prominent, non-converging nerves, strongly glandular on the keel.

Inflorescence a congested panicle 1.5-6 cm. long, the branches short, bearing spikelets nearly full length;

spikelets 9- to 25-flowered, up to 1 cm. long; first glume 1-nerved, 1 mm. long, second glume 3-nerved, nearly 1.5 mm. long;

lemmas keeled, distinctly nerved, glabrous, awnless, nearly 2 mm. long;

paleas much shorter than the lemmas;

anthers exerted.

Eragrostis cilianensis

Eragrostis hypnoides
Flowering time June-October June-September
Habitat Disturbed areas and waste land, and along streams and pond margins. Mud flats along streams, ponds and lakes.
Distribution
Occurring chiefly east of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east across North America to the Atlantic Coast.
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Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington and in the Columbia River Gorge. northern Washington to California, east across North America to the Atlantic Coast.
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Origin Introduced from Europe Native
Conservation status Not of concern Not of concern
Sibling taxa
E. curvula, E. hypnoides, E. lutescens, E. mexicana, E. minor, E. pectinacea, E. pilosa
E. cilianensis, E. curvula, E. lutescens, E. mexicana, E. minor, E. pectinacea, E. pilosa
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