Muhlenbergia capillaris (Lam.) Trin.
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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 4.5-12 dm. tall, erect, simple, smooth or nearly so. Sheaths smooth, the lower short and overlapping, the upper ones much longer; leaves 1.5-3 dm. long, 2-4 mm. wide, scabrous; panicle 1.75-3 dm. in length or more, diffuse, the capillary branches 1-2 dm. long, at length widely spreading; spikelets on long hair-like pedicels which are clavate-thickened at the apex; outer scales unequal, acute or short-awned, slightly scabrous; third scale, exclusive of the awn, 4 mm. long, about twice as long as the first one, the awn 6-18 mm. long.
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Distribution
Palmetto-lands, Andros and New Providence : Massachusetts to Missouri, Florida and Texas ; Cuba ; Puerto Rico. Long-awned Hair-Grass. Purple - Grass
Massachusetts United States of America North America| Missouri United States of America North America| Florida United States of America North America| Texas United States of America North America| Cuba South America| Puerto Rico South America| Andros Island Bahamas South America|