Coelorachis rugosa |
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wrinkled jointgrass, wrinkled jointtail grass |
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Habit | Plants cespitose. |
Culms | 60-120 cm, compressed-keeled. |
Sheaths | compressed-keeled; ligules 0.5-1 mm. |
Caryopses | about 2 mm, broadly ellipsoid. |
Rames | 3-9.5 cm; rachises distinctly indented adjacent to the sessile spikelets. |
Sessile | spikelets 3-4 mm; lower glumes transversely rugose; upper lemmas and paleas 2-3 mm. |
Pedicellate | spikelets 1-3 mm. |
2n | = unknown. |
Coelorachis rugosa |
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Distribution |
AL; AR; DE; FL; GA; LA; MD; MS; NC; NJ; SC; TX; VA
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Discussion | Coelorachis rugosa is endemic to the southeastern United States. It grows in moist to wet areas in prairies, bogs, and pine woods, especially flatwoods and savannahs. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 25, p. 688. |
Parent taxa | Poaceae > subfam. Panicoideae > tribe Andropogoneae > Coelorachis |
Sibling taxa | |
Synonyms | Mnesithsa rugosa, Manisuris rugosa |
Name authority | (Nutt.) Nash |
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