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| Distribution | Native from the SE United States and central Mexico south to Bolivia, Brazil, and Uruguay.In the Hawaiian Islands,
naturalized on
Kaua`i, O`ahu, Moloka`i, Lana`i, Maui, Hawai`i.
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Habit
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Stoloniferous perennial, rarely rhizomatous, rhizomes when present 3‒5 cm long; culms 7‒80 cm tall, nodes densely pubescent.
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Leaves
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Leaves with sheath keeled, strongly compressed, pubescent; ligule 0.3‒0.5 mm; blade 5‒15 cm long, 3‒20 mm wide, glabrous or sparsely pilose, midvein often white and prominent, apex
frequently ciliate or pubescent, margin ciliate.
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Flowers
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Inflorescences terminal and axillary
panicles, 4‒10 cm overall, rachises to 3.5 cm, with (2)3(‒5) racemes 1‒13 cm long. Spikelets 2‒3.5 mm, ovoid, ellipsoid, or lanceoloid-acuminate; distal glumes and proximal lemmas extending beyond the distal florets, 2‒5-veined, marginal veins pilose, apex acute to acuminate; distal
lemmas and paleas 1.5‒1.8 mm, broadly
ellipsoid.
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Fruit
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Caryopses 1.2‒1.5 mm, gray.
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Chromosomes
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2n = 40, 60, 80
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Contributor
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David Lorence & W. L. Wagner
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