Syntherisma filiforme (L.) Nash
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Poaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Culms 1.57 dm. tall. Sheaths at least the lower ones hirsute; leaves 3-20 cm. long, 1-4 mm. wide; racemes 2-5, 2-10 cm. long, erect or ascending; spikelets about 1.8 mm. long, 0.75 mm. wide, elliptic, acute, in pairs, the first scale wanting, the second 3-nerved, the third 7-nerved, the fourth scale deep chestnutbrown at maturity.
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Distribution
White-lands, sea-beaches, and roadsides, Andros, New Frovidence. and Oat Island : New Hampshire to Michigan, Florida and Mexico ; Cuba ; Hispaniola ; Jamaica ; Forto Rico. Slender Finger-grass.
Andros Island Bahamas South America| New Hampshire United States of America North America| Michigan United States of America North America| Florida United States of America North America| México Mexico North America| Cuba South America| West Indies| Jamaica South America|