Valota insularis (L.) Chase
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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 erect, slender, 1-1.6 m. high, clustered. Leaves 3 dm. long or less, 1-2 cm. wide, acuminate, glabrous or their sheaths pubescent; panicle narrow, often 3 dm. long, little, if any more than 3 cm. thick; spikelets 4-6 mm. long, acuminate; second and third scale 3-nerved, long-hairy; fruiting scale chestnutbrown.
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Distribution
Sandy soil and cultivated ground, Abaco, Andros. New Providence. Eleuthera, Great Exuma, Cat Island, Long Cay, Acklin's Island, Inagua, and Anguilla Isles : Florida ; Bermuda ; West Indies and continental tropical America. Referred by Dolley to Tricholaena leucophaca. Silky-grass.
South Andros Bahamas South America| Eleuthera Bahamas South America| Cat Island Bahamas South America| Inagua Bahamas South America| Bermuda South America| West Indies|