Oplismenus hirtellus (L.) 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 - Culms prostrate or nearly so, rooting at the nodes, very slender, 6 dm. long or less. Leaves ovate to ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 1-6 cm. long, 1 cm. wide or less, their sheaths often pubescent; panicle 8 cm. long or less, its filiform short branches erect or spreading; spikelets 3 mm. long, the awns up to 8 mm. long.
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Distribution
Cultivated ground, New Providence : Bermuda ; South Carolina to Florida and Texas ; the West Indies and tropical continental America. 'Wood-grass.
Bermuda South America| South Carolina United States of America North America| Florida United States of America North America| West Indies|