Axonopus compressus (Sw.) P.Beauv.
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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 - Stolons numerous, leafy, sometimes 6 dm. long. Culms 1.5-6 dm. tall, slender, compressed, glabrous; sheaths loose; leaves glabrous, sometimes sparsely ciliate, obtuse, those of the culm 5-10 cm. long, 4-6 mm. wide, those of the stolons about 2.5 cm. long, 2-4 mm. wide; spikes 2-5, 2.5-5 cm. long, approximate at the summit of the long and slender stalk; spikelets not crowded nor secund, about 2 mm. long, acute.
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Distribution
Grassy places, New Providence : Virginia to Florida and Texas ; the West Indies and continental tropical America. Flat Joint-grass.
Virginia United States of America North America| Florida United States of America North America| Texas United States of America North America| West Indies|