| Monocotyledon | Literature for Agrostis stolonifera
Wagner et al., 1990, 1999. |
| Poaceae -- The Grass Family | Bibliography |
| Agrostis stolonifera | |
Common name(s): bentgrass, creeping bentgrass, marsh bent, redtop bentgrass |
| General Information | ||
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| Distribution | Native to Europe, widely naturalized.In the Hawaiian Islands, naturalized on Kaua`i, O`ahu, Moloka`i, Maui, Hawai`i. | |
| Habit |
Rhizomatous or stoloniferous perennials; culms decumbent, (3-)4-10(-13) dm long. |
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| Leaves |
Sheaths smooth, glabrous, persistent; ligule truncate to obtuse, 1.5-5(-8.5) mm long, erose-ciliolate, often lacerate; blades flat, folded, or involute, relatively wide, 2-5(-6) mm wide when opened, scabrous. |
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| Flowers |
Panicles (7-)10-18(-25) cm long, open, sometimes closing after anthesis,
the branches scabrous, verticillate, ascending, floriferous from base; glumes lanceolate, acute, rounded on the back, nerves scabrous, purplish, first glume 2-2.5 mm long, second glume 1.8-2.2(-2.5) mm long; lemma membranous, 1.4-1.8(-2.3) mm long, 3-5-nerved, awnless, callus minutely bearded; palea membranous, translucent, 0.7-1.5 mm long. |
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| Fruit |
Caryopsis pale brown to reddish brown, 0.5-0.8 mm long. |
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| Chromosomes |
2n = 28-30, 32, 35, 42, 44, 46 |
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