View source for Hygroryza aristata

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|accepted_name=Hygroryza aristata
|accepted_authority=(Retz.) Nees
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|common_names=Asian watergrass;Water stargrass
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Poaceae;Poaceae subfam. Ehrhartoideae;Poaceae tribe Oryzeae;Hygroryza;Hygroryza aristata
|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>[[Hygroryza]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Hygroryza aristata]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 24
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 46
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Culms </b>50-150 cm, floating, branched, flexuous; nodes rooting, roots feathery, whorled. <b>Sheaths</b> glabrous, open, inflated; ligules absent or 0.5-0.8 mm, hyaline, truncate; pseudopetioles shorter than 1 mm; blades 2-8 cm long, 5-20 mm wide, flat, bases rounded to cordate, apices blunt to rounded. <b>Panicles</b> 3-8 cm, pyramidal, with 4-9 branches; lower branches 2-4 cm, whorled, spreading or deflexed, glabrous; pedicels 0.2-2 mm, sometimes absent. <b>Florets</b> (6)7-18 mm (including the stipelike callus), narrowly lanceolate; calluses (1)2-10 mm, stipelike; lemmas 5-8 mm, chartaceous, keeled, veins and margins with hairs, glabrous or pubescent between the veins, awns 5-14 mm; paleas as long as the lemmas, chartaceous, glabrous, keels ciliate or scabrous; anthers 6, about 3.5 mm. <b>Caryopses</b> about 3.5 mm. <b>2n</b> = 24.</span><!--

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|discussion=<p><i>Hygroryza aristata</i> is native to tropical Asia, where it has occasionally been used as forage for cattle (Bor 1960). It is sold for ponds and aquaria, where its long, feathery, adventitious roots have a decorative effect, but it has the potential to become a significant weed problem in the southern United States.</p>
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name=Hygroryza aristata
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|authority=(Retz.) Nees
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|family=Poaceae
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|subfamily=Poaceae subfam. Ehrhartoideae
|tribe=Poaceae tribe Oryzeae
|genus=Hygroryza
|species=Hygroryza aristata
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