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Eragrostis lugens

Eragrostis hypnoides

teal love grass
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.
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.

Eragrostis lugens

Eragrostis hypnoides
Flowering time June-September
Habitat Mud flats along streams, ponds and lakes.
Distribution
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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 Native
Conservation status Not of concern
Sibling taxa
E. cilianensis, 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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