View source for Sacciolepis indica

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|accepted_name=Sacciolepis indica
|accepted_authority=(L.) Chase
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|common_names=Chase's glenwoodgrass
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|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Poaceae;Poaceae subfam. Panicoideae;Poaceae tribe Paniceae;Sacciolepis;Sacciolepis indica
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Poaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Poaceae subfam. Panicoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Poaceae tribe Paniceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Sacciolepis]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Sacciolepis indica]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 25
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 404
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>annual; cespitose. <b>Culms</b> 5-100 cm, decumbent, spreading, trailing, often rooting at the lower nodes; nodes glabrous. <b>Sheaths</b> and collars glabrous; ligules 0.1-0.7 mm long, membranous, truncate; blades 1-14.3 cm long, 1.5-5.5 mm wide, glabrous, not cordate at the base. <b>Panicles</b> 0.5-9(13) cm long, 4-7 mm wide, contracted; primary branches fused to the rachises for at least 3/4 of their length; lower branches 0.1-0.5 cm; pedicels 0.3-1.8 mm. <b>Spikelets</b> 2.1-3.3 mm, with or without papillose-based hairs on the upper glumes and lower lemmas, green to dark purple. <b>Lower</b> glumes 1.1-1.9 mm, glabrous, 3-5(7)-veined, margins hyaline; upper glumes 2-3.3 mm, slightly saccate, glabrous adaxially, 9-veined; lower florets sterile (rarely staminate); lower lemmas 1.9-3.1 mm, 7-9-veined, veins equidistant; lower paleas 0.5-1 mm long, 0.1-0.2 mm wide, 1/2 or less as long as the lower lemmas, narrow, membranous, white, not veined; upper lemmas 1.3-1.6 mm, subcoriaceous, glabrous, shiny, white, with 3-5 obscure veins, acute; anthers 3, 0.5-0.8 mm, dark reddish-brown to reddish-purple; styles purple. <b>Caryopses</b> 1-1.3 mm long, 0.5-0.7 mm wide, glabrous. <b>2n</b> = 18, 36.</span><!--

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|distribution=Puerto Rico;Ga.;Tex.;La.;N.C.;Pacific Islands (Hawaii);Miss.;S.C.;Fla.
|discussion=<p><i>Sacciolepis indica</i> is native to the Eastern Hemisphere tropics. It is now established in the coastal states of the southeastern United States, where it grows in and along streams, ponds, lakes, ditches, and other moist places. It flowers from late summer to fall.</p>
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name=Sacciolepis indica
|author=
|authority=(L.) Chase
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|parent rank=genus
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|family=Poaceae
|distribution=Puerto Rico;Ga.;Tex.;La.;N.C.;Pacific Islands (Hawaii);Miss.;S.C.;Fla.
|reference=None
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|subfamily=Poaceae subfam. Panicoideae
|tribe=Poaceae tribe Paniceae
|genus=Sacciolepis
|species=Sacciolepis indica
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