Paspalum boscianum Flüggé
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Authority
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
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Family
Poaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Annual; culms solitary or tufted, 6–10 dm, sometimes branched above; sheaths loose, glabrous; blades 6–17 mm wide, glabrous or sparsely pilose toward the base; panicle often equaled or exceeded by the upper lvs; racemes 5–10, spreading or ascending, 4–7 cm; rachis 1–2.5 mm wide; spikelets paired, crowded, obovate-oblong, acutish, glabrous, 2–2.8 mm, three-fourths as wide; glume 5-veined, the outer veins approximate near the margin; sterile lemma 3-veined; fertile lemma and palea dark brown; 2n=40. Moist or wet soil, sometimes a weed; tropical Amer., n. to Va.