Puccinellia pallida (Torr.) R.T.Clausen

  • Authority

    Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

  • Family

    Poaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Puccinellia pallida (Torr.) R.T.Clausen

  • Description

    Species Description - Culms 3–10 dm, slender and weak, usually ± decumbent and creeping at base; lvs soft, 2–10 mm wide; ligules 2.5–9 mm; infl 5–15 cm, with relatively few branches, eventually diffuse; spikelets narrowly ovate, 4–7 mm, 4–6-fld; glumes broadly rounded at the scarious tip, the first 0.9–2.1 mm, the second 1.1–2.4 mm; lemmas 2–3.5 mm, ovate, sharply 5-veined, finely hairy or scaberulous, erose at the rounded tip; palea 4–5 times as long as wide; anthers 0.3–1.5 mm; 2n=14. Swamps and shallow water; Nf. to Minn., s. to N.C. and Mo. (Torreyochloa p.; Glyceria p.; P. fernaldii, plants at the small end of the range in all dimensions)