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|accepted_name=Eustachys caribaea
|accepted_authority=(Spreng.) Herter
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|common_names=Chickenfoot grass
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|hierarchy=Poaceae;Poaceae subfam. Chloridoideae;Poaceae tribe Cynodonteae;Eustachys;Eustachys caribaea
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Poaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Poaceae subfam. Chloridoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Poaceae tribe Cynodonteae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Eustachys]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Eustachys caribaea]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 25
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 222
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Culms </b>20-70 cm, erect. <b>Blades</b> 2-22 cm long, 4-10 mm wide, flat or folded, apices obtuse or mucronate. <b>Panicles</b> with 3-10 branches; branches 3-9 cm. <b>Spikelets</b> 2-2.5 mm; florets 2. <b>Lower</b> glumes 0.9-1.3 mm, acute; upper glumes 1.6-1.8 mm, obovate, apices bilobed, lobes obtuse, awned, awns 0.4-0.7 mm; calluses sparsely hairy; lowest lemmas 2.1-2.5 mm, ovate, tawny to reddish-brown at maturity, lateral veins and keels with spreading, white, 0.5-1 mm hairs, apices mucronate; second lemmas 1.2-1.5 mm, obconic, truncate. <b>Caryopses</b> 1.1-1.2 mm. <b>2n</b> = unknown.</span><!--

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|discussion=<p><i>Eustachys caribaea</i> has been introduced to the United States from South America. It is now established in North America, growing along roadsides at a few locations within the Flora region.</p>
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|authority=(Spreng.) Herter
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|family=Poaceae
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|subfamily=Poaceae subfam. Chloridoideae
|tribe=Poaceae tribe Cynodonteae
|genus=Eustachys
|species=Eustachys caribaea
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