Lasiacis ligulata Hitchc. & Chase
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Authority
Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro. 2005. Vines and climbing plants of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 51: 1-483.
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Family
Poaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Description - Perennial herb; culms 1-5 m in length, erect or scandent. Leaves distichous; leaf sheath glabrous or pubescent; ligule (1.6)2-3(3.7) mm long; blades broad to narrowly lanceolate, flattened, (5-)7-14(-17) cm x (6-) 10-22(34) mm, scabrous, glabrous or pubescent on the upper surface. Inflorescences ovate; primary axis 2-17(21) cm long; secondary axes 1-8 cm long, reflexed or spreading. Spikelets solitary, obovoid, (3-)3.2-3.8 x 1.7-2.4 mm; lower glumes 0.7-2 mm long, 7-11-veined; upper glumes 2.7-3.5 mm long. 9-11-veined.
Phenology - Collected in fertile condition from November to March and in June.
Conservation Status - Native, uncommon.