Sporobolus indicus (L.) R.Br.
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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 - Glabrous. Culms 3-12 dm. tall, erect, tufted; leaves 2-6 mm. wide, attenuate into a long slender tip, the lower 2-3 dm. long, the uper shorter; panicle 1-4 dm. in length, usually elongated, narrow, spike-like; spikelets 1.5-2 mm. long, the outer scales unequal, the second about one-third as long as the third, obtuse, smooth and glabrous, the lower one shorter, and often erosetruncate.
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Distribution
Waste and cultivated grounds, New Providence and Eleuthera : West Indies ; continental tropica] America. Referred by Dolley to 8. tenacissimus Beauv. West Inpian Rush-grass.
Eleuthera Bahamas South America| West Indies|