View source for Leptochloa fusca subsp. fusca

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|accepted_name=Leptochloa fusca subsp. fusca
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|common_names=Beetlegrass sprangletop
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|hierarchy=Poaceae;Poaceae subfam. Chloridoideae;Poaceae tribe Cynodonteae;Leptochloa;Leptochloa fusca;Leptochloa fusca subsp. fusca
|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>[[Leptochloa]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Leptochloa fusca]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subspecies</small>[[Leptochloa fusca subsp. fusca]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 25
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|treatment_page=page 56
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Culms </b>40-170 cm, usually ascending to erect, some¬times decumbent and rooting at the lower nodes, often branching at the upper nodes. <b>Blades</b> glabrous or scabrous, not exceeding the panicles. <b>Panicles</b> 15-105 cm long, 2-20 cm wide, sometimes partially enclosed by the upper leaf sheaths; branches (1.5)4-20 cm, ascending to erect. <b>Spikelets</b> 6-14 mm. <b>Lower</b> glumes 1.9-3(4.9) mm, ovate, obtuse to acute, rarely bifid; upper glumes 3-4.7(5.5) mm, obtuse to acute; lemmas 3-4.7(6) mm, light brown to dark green at maturity, without a basal dark spot, apices obtuse, acute, or acuminate, sometimes bifid; anthers 3, 0.5-2.7 mm. <b>Caryopses</b> 1.6-2.3 mm.</span><!--

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|discussion=<p><i>Leptochloa fusca </i>subsp.<i> fusca</i> is the most variable of the subspecies. In North America, it is known only from a few specimens collected at scattered locations in California; it may no longer be in the Flora region.</p>
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name=Leptochloa fusca subsp. fusca
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|family=Poaceae
|illustrator=Linda A. Vorobik;Karen Klitz
|illustration copyright=Utah State University
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|subfamily=Poaceae subfam. Chloridoideae
|tribe=Poaceae tribe Cynodonteae
|genus=Leptochloa
|species=Leptochloa fusca
|subspecies=Leptochloa fusca subsp. fusca
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