Bothriochloa pertusa (L.) Camus
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Authority
Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro & collaborators. 1996. Flora of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 78: 1-581.
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Family
Poaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Perennial herb; culms 25-100 cm tall, erect to decumbent or sprawling, nodes bearded or glabrous. Leaf ligules 0.5-1.3 mm long, a fringed membrane; blades 2-25 x 0.2-0.4 cm, usually with papillose hairs. Inflorescence 2-10 x 1-10 cm, greenish to purplish, with 3 to many subpalmately inserted racemes in a fanlike pattern, usually exserted on a peduncle to 12 cm long or partially included in the upper sheath. Sessile spikelets 3-4 mm long; lower glume 7-11-nerved usually with a prominent circular pit near the middle; upper glume tapering to acuminate apex; lower lemma 2.3-2.8 mm long; palea reduced; anthers 1-1.8 mm long, yellow. Caryopsis not seen.
Distribution and Ecology - Common weed of open disturbed areas. Dittlif Point (A3980), East End (A3785), western slopes of Fish Bay (A3913). Also on St. Croix and St. Thomas; native to the Old World, now naturalized in the West Indies, Central America, Mexico, and the southern United States
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Discussion
Common name: hurricane grass.