Leersia hexandra Sw.
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Authority
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
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Family
Poaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Usually decumbent and rooting from the lower nodes, 3–15 dm; sheaths retrorse-scabrous, prolonged into 2 erect narrow lobes (1–)2–6 mm; ligules as long as the sheath-lobes and adnate to them; main lvs 3–15 mm wide; panicle 5–15 cm, its branches erect or ascending, some of them floriferous to the base; spikelets erect or appressed, little imbricate, 3–5 mm, a fourth to a third as wide; lemma ciliate on the keel and margins, glabrous or minutely hispidulous on the sides; stamens 6; seed seldom set; 2n=48. Swamps, marshes, and wet fields; pantropical, extending n. to Tenn. and s. Va. (Homalocenchrus h.)