Difference between revisions of "Hainardia cylindrica"

(Willd.) Greuter
Common names: Hardgrass Thintail
Introduced
Synonyms: Monerma cylindrica Lepturus cylindricus
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 24. Treatment on page 691.
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Latest revision as of 16:26, 11 May 2021

Culms 5-40(45) cm, erect or ascending, smooth, glabrous. Sheaths 1-6 cm, uppermost sheath on each culm clearly expanded; ligules 0.2-1 mm, denticulate; blades to 7 cm long, 1.5-2.5 mm wide, adaxial surfaces scabrous. Spikes 8-25 cm, rigid, straight or somewhat curved. curved. Spikelets 5-8 mm, slightly longer than the adjacent internodes, alternate, 2-ranked. Glumes ovate-lanceolate; upper glumes glabrous, midveins prominent, apices acute, sometimes mucronate; lower lemmas 4-6 mm; paleas 2-veined; anthers 2-3.5 mm. 2n = 14, 26, 52.

Distribution

S.C., Calif., Oreg., Tex., La.

Discussion

Hainardia cylindrica is now established in California, along the Gulf coasts of Texas and Louisiana, in northern Baja California, Mexico, and in South Carolina. It grows in coastal salt marshes and alkaline soils below 300 m.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.