Triglochin striata |
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streaked arrow grass, three-rib arrow-grass |
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Habit | Plants with fibrous strands of old leaves at base, 6–35 cm. |
Leaves | erect from sheath, mostly longer than scapes, 4–35 cm; sheath 1.1–7.5 cm × 0.7–1 mm, ligule not hoodlike, unlobed; blade 0.2–5 mm wide, apex round-acute. |
Inflorescences | scape green to brown, mostly exceeded by leaves, 4.5–21.5 cm × 0.3–1.6 mm; racemes 0.6–20.3 × 0.4–1.3 cm; pedicels 0.4–2.1 × 0.1–0.3 mm. |
Flowers | tepals oval to elliptic, 0.6–1 × 0.8–0.9 mm, apex obtuse; pistils 6, 3 fertile, 3 sterile. |
Fruits | fruiting receptacle with wings; schizocarps globose to broader than long, 1–2 × 1.5–2.3 mm; mericarps obovate, strongly 3-keeled, 1–1.5 × 0.5–0.9 mm, beak reflexed, ca. 0.2 mm. |
Chromosome number | unavailableunknown. |
Triglochin striata |
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Phenology | Flowering summer-- and fall. |
Habitat | Coastal alkaline marshes |
Elevation | 0–10 m (0–0 ft) |
Distribution |
AL; CA; FL; GA; LA; MS; NC; OR; SC; VA; Mexico; West Indies (Bahamas, Greater Antilles); South America (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Peru)
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Source | FNA vol. 22. |
Parent taxa | Juncaginaceae > Triglochin |
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Name authority | Ruiz & Pavón: Flora Peruviana 3: 72. 1802 (as striatum) |
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