View source for Eragrostis pilosa

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|accepted_name=Eragrostis pilosa
|accepted_authority=(L.) P. Beauv.
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|common_names=India lovegrass;Eragrostide poilue
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|code=I
|label=Introduced
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|basionyms=
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|name=Eragrostis peregrina
|authority=
|rank=species
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|name=Eragrostis perplexa
|authority=
|rank=species
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|name=Eragrostis multicaulis
|authority=
|rank=species
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|hierarchy=Poaceae;Poaceae subfam. Chloridoideae;Poaceae tribe Cynodonteae;Eragrostis;Eragrostis pilosa
|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>[[Eragrostis]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Eragrostis pilosa]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 25
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 81
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>annual; tufted, without innovations. <b>Culms</b> 8-45(70) cm, erect or geniculate, glabrous, occasionally with a few glandular depressions. <b>Sheaths</b> mostly glabrous, occasionally glandular, apices hirsute, hairs to 3 mm; ligules 0.1-0.3 mm, ciliate; blades 2-15(20) cm long, 1-2.5(4) mm wide, flat, abaxial surfaces glabrous, occasionally with glandular pits along the midrib, adaxial surfaces scabridulous. <b>Panicles</b> 4-20(28) cm long, 2-15(18) cm wide, ellipsoid to ovoid, diffuse; primary branches 1-10 cm, diverging 10-80°(110°) from the rachises, capillary, whorled on the lowest 2 nodes, rarely glandular; pulvini glabrous or hairy; pedicels 1-10 mm, flexible, appressed or divergent. <b>Spikelets</b> (2)3.5-6(10) mm long, 0.6-1.4 mm wide, linear-oblong to narrowly ovate, plumbeous, with (3)5-17 florets; disarticulation acropetal, paleas tardily deciduous, rachillas persisting longer than the paleas. <b>Glumes</b> narrowly ovate to lanceolate, hyaline; lower glumes 0.3-0.6(0.8) mm; upper glumes 0.7-1.2(1.4) mm; lemmas 1.2-1.8(2) mm, ovate-lanceolate, membranous to hyaline, grayish-green proximally, reddish-purple distally, lateral veins inconspicuous, apices acute; paleas 1-1.6 mm, membranous to hyaline, keels scabridulous to scabrous, apices obtuse; anthers 3, 0.2-0.3 mm, purplish. <b>Caryopses</b> 0.5-1 mm, obovoid to prism-shaped, adaxial surfaces flat, smooth to faintly striate, light brown. <b>2n</b> = 40.</span><!--

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|distribution=Conn.;N.J.;N.Y.;Va.;Del.;D.C.;Wis.;W.Va.;Pacific Islands (Hawaii);Idaho;Oreg.;Mass.;Maine;N.H.;R.I.;Vt.;Fla.;N.Mex.;Tex.;La.;Kans.;S.Dak.;Nebr.;Tenn.;N.C.;S.C.;Pa.;Nev.;Colo.;Calif.;Puerto Rico;Virgin Islands;Ala.;Ark.;Ill.;Ga.;Ind.;Iowa;Okla.;Ariz.;Md.;Ohio;Mo.;Minn.;Mich.;Wash.;B.C.;N.S.;Ont.;Que.;Miss.;Ky.;N.Dak.;Wyo.
|discussion=<p><i>Eragrostis pilosa</i> is native to Eurasia but has become naturalized in many parts of the world. In the Flora region, it grows in forest margins and disturbed sites such as roadsides, railroad embankments, gardens, and cultivated fields, at 0-2500 m.</p>
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|Plants with numerous glandular pits scattered over the whole plant, especially on the midribs of the sheaths and blades; lemmas 1.8-2 mm long
|[[Eragrostis pilosa var. perplexa|Eragrostis pilosa var. perplexa]]
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|Plants with a few glandular pits scattered on the culms or without any glandular pits; lemmas 1.2-1.8 mm long
|[[Eragrostis pilosa var. pilosa|Eragrostis pilosa var. pilosa]]
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name=Eragrostis pilosa
|authority=(L.) P. Beauv.
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Eragrostis peregrina;Eragrostis perplexa;Eragrostis multicaulis
|basionyms=
|family=Poaceae
|illustrator=Linda A. Vorobik;Cindy Roché
|illustration copyright=Utah State University
|distribution=Conn.;N.J.;N.Y.;Va.;Del.;D.C.;Wis.;W.Va.;Pacific Islands (Hawaii);Idaho;Oreg.;Mass.;Maine;N.H.;R.I.;Vt.;Fla.;N.Mex.;Tex.;La.;Kans.;S.Dak.;Nebr.;Tenn.;N.C.;S.C.;Pa.;Nev.;Colo.;Calif.;Puerto Rico;Virgin Islands;Ala.;Ark.;Ill.;Ga.;Ind.;Iowa;Okla.;Ariz.;Md.;Ohio;Mo.;Minn.;Mich.;Wash.;B.C.;N.S.;Ont.;Que.;Miss.;Ky.;N.Dak.;Wyo.
|reference=None
|publication title=
|publication year=
|special status=Introduced
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|subfamily=Poaceae subfam. Chloridoideae
|tribe=Poaceae tribe Cynodonteae
|genus=Eragrostis
|species=Eragrostis pilosa
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