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|accepted_name=Leersia hexandra
|accepted_authority=Sw.
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|hierarchy=Poaceae;Poaceae subfam. Ehrhartoideae;Poaceae tribe Oryzeae;Leersia;Leersia hexandra
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Poaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Poaceae subfam. Ehrhartoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Poaceae tribe Oryzeae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Leersia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Leersia hexandra]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 24
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 44
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>perennial; rhizomatous, rhizomes elongate, not scaly. <b>Culms</b> 25-150 cm tall, 1-1.5 mm thick, decumbent, rooting at the nodes, terminal portions erect, often floating, branched or unbranched; nodes pubescent, adjacent portions of the internodes glabrous or coarsely scabrous. <b>Sheaths</b> glabrous or coarsely scabrous, margins often ciliate; ligules 1-3 mm; blades 5-25 cm long, 3-15 mm wide, ascending, glabrous or pubescent. <b>Panicles</b> 5-15 cm, exserted at maturity, with 1(2) branches per node; branches 3-10 cm, appressed to ascending, spikelet-bearing to near the base, spikelets appressed to slightly divergent, slightly imbricate. <b>Spikelets</b> 3.2-4.7(5) mm long, 0.5-2 mm wide, ovate to elliptic. <b>Lemmas</b> ciliate on the keels and margins, short hispid or glabrous elsewhere, apices acute to acuminate; paleas ciliate on the keels; anthers 6, 2-3.2 mm. <b>Caryopses</b> about 2 mm, usually not developed. <b>2n</b> = 48.</span><!--

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|distribution=Puerto Rico;Md.;Miss.;Tex.;La.;Ala.;N.C.;S.C.;Tenn.;Va.;Ark.;Ga.;Fla.
|discussion=<p><i>Leersia hexandra</i> is found in wet areas, usually in fresh water along streams and ponds, where it sometimes forms floating mats. It grows in the southeastern United States and throughout much of the neotropics; the California record probably represents a recent introduction.</p><!--
--><p><i>Leersia hexandra</i> is sometimes a weed in rice. It usually flowers in late fall, but may flower throughout the year. Very little seed is set.</p>
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name=Leersia hexandra
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|authority=Sw.
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|family=Poaceae
|distribution=Puerto Rico;Md.;Miss.;Tex.;La.;Ala.;N.C.;S.C.;Tenn.;Va.;Ark.;Ga.;Fla.
|reference=None
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|subfamily=Poaceae subfam. Ehrhartoideae
|tribe=Poaceae tribe Oryzeae
|genus=Leersia
|species=Leersia hexandra
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