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|accepted_name=Sporobolus indicus
|accepted_authority=(L.) R. Br.
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|common_names=Smutgrass
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|name=Sporobolus poiretii
|authority=unknown
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|hierarchy=Poaceae;Poaceae subfam. Chloridoideae;Poaceae tribe Cynodonteae;Sporobolus;Sporobolus indicus
|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>[[Sporobolus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Sporobolus indicus]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 25
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|treatment_page=page 122
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>perennial; cespitose, with tough fibrous roots, not rhizomatous. <b>Culms</b> 30-100 (120) cm. <b>Sheaths</b> usually keeled below, glabrous; ligules 0.2-0.5 mm; blades (6)10-30(50) cm long, 1-5 mm wide, flat, glabrous on both surfaces. <b>Panicles</b> 20-35(50) cm long, 0.3-2.2(3) cm wide, contracted, narrow, sometimes included in the uppermost sheath; primary branches 0.4-2.5(5) cm, appressed or spreading to 40° from the rachis, as long or longer than the adjacent internodes; secondary branches appressed, spikelet-bearing to near the base; pulvini glabrous; pedicels 0.1-1.8 mm, appressed. <b>Spikelets</b> 2-2.6(2.7) mm, plumbeous to light brownish. <b>Glumes</b> subequal, ovate or obovate, membranous; lower glumes 0.5-1 mm, often without midveins; upper glumes 0.8-1.6 mm, 1/2 - 2/3 as long as the florets, acute to obtuse, entire; lemmas 1.8-2.6(2.7) mm, ovate, membranous, glabrous, acute or obtuse; paleas 1.9-2.4 mm, ovate, membranous, glabrous; anthers 3, 0.5-1.1 mm, white, sometimes purple-tinged. <b>Fruits</b> 1-1.2 mm, quadrangular, laterally compressed, reddish-brown, truncate. <b>2n</b> = 18, 24, 36.</span><!--

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|distribution=Pacific Islands (Hawaii);Fla.;Puerto Rico;N.J.;Tex.;La.;Tenn.;N.C.;S.C.;Pa.;Ala.;Ark.;Ga.;Ky.;Md.;Mich.;Mo.;Miss.;N.Y.;Okla.;Oreg.;Virgin Islands;Va.;Calif.;Ill.
|discussion=<p><i>Sporobolus indicus</i> is a pantropical species. It commonly grows in disturbed places and open areas such as roadsides, pastures, and lake shores. In the Flora region, it is found on sandy or clay soils and is associated with many plant communities. The spikelets and upper leaves are often covered with hyphomycetous fungi (Bipolaris spp.); hence the common name of "smutgrass".</p>
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|authority=(L.) R. Br.
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|synonyms=Sporobolus poiretii
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|family=Poaceae
|distribution=Pacific Islands (Hawaii);Fla.;Puerto Rico;N.J.;Tex.;La.;Tenn.;N.C.;S.C.;Pa.;Ala.;Ark.;Ga.;Ky.;Md.;Mich.;Mo.;Miss.;N.Y.;Okla.;Oreg.;Virgin Islands;Va.;Calif.;Ill.
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|subfamily=Poaceae subfam. Chloridoideae
|tribe=Poaceae tribe Cynodonteae
|genus=Sporobolus
|species=Sporobolus indicus
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