Eragrostis hypnoides |
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teal love grass |
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Habit | Prostrate, sparsely pubescent annual, the hollow culms less than 1 dm. tall, rooting at the nodes. | |
Leaves | Sheaths open; ligules a fringe of straight hairs 0.6 mm. long; blades flat to folded, 1-2 mm. broad. |
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Flowers | 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. |
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Eragrostis hypnoides |
Poaceae |
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Flowering time | June-September | |
Habitat | Mud flats along streams, ponds and lakes. | |
Distribution | 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 | Native | Native |
Conservation status | Not of concern | Not of concern |
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