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|accepted_name=Eustachys petraea
|accepted_authority=(Sw.) Desv.
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|common_names=Pinewoods fingergrass
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Chloris petraea
|authority=unknown
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|hierarchy=Poaceae;Poaceae subfam. Chloridoideae;Poaceae tribe Cynodonteae;Eustachys;Eustachys petraea
|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>[[Eustachys]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Eustachys petraea]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 25
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 220
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Culms </b>20-100 cm, erect, or decumbent and rooting at the nodes. <b>Blades</b> (2)5-8(26) cm long, 4-10 mm wide, folded, apices obtuse. <b>Panicles</b> with (1)4-6(11) branches; branches 2-11.5 cm. <b>Spikelets</b> 1.5-2.1 mm; florets 2-3. <b>Lower</b> glumes 1-1.7 mm, apices acute; upper glumes 1.5-1.8 mm, obovate, bilobed, lobes acute or obtuse, awned from between the lobes, awns 0.3-0.9 mm; calluses glabrous or with a few hairs, hairs to 0.3 mm; lowest lemmas 1.5-2 mm, ovate, dark brown at maturity, lateral veins and keels with appressed, brown hairs, hairs to 0.4 mm, apices mucronate; second lemmas about 1 mm, broadly cuneate, occasionally mucronate, apices rounded or truncate. <b>Caryopses</b> 1-1.2 mm. <b>2n</b> = 40.</span><!--

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|distribution=Pa.;Ga.;Tex.;La.;Puerto Rico;Virgin Islands;Ala.;N.C.;S.C.;Pacific Islands (Hawaii);Miss.;Fla.
|discussion=<p>Eustachys petraea grows on dunes and open sandy areas and along roadsides and salt and brackish marshes. Its range extends south from the United States through Mexico to Panama.</p>
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name=Eustachys petraea
|author=
|authority=(Sw.) Desv.
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Chloris petraea
|basionyms=
|family=Poaceae
|distribution=Pa.;Ga.;Tex.;La.;Puerto Rico;Virgin Islands;Ala.;N.C.;S.C.;Pacific Islands (Hawaii);Miss.;Fla.
|reference=None
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|subfamily=Poaceae subfam. Chloridoideae
|tribe=Poaceae tribe Cynodonteae
|genus=Eustachys
|species=Eustachys petraea
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