Difference between revisions of "Triplasis americana"

P. Beauv.
Common names: Perennial sandgrass
Endemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 25. Treatment on page 42.
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Latest revision as of 17:58, 11 May 2021

Plants perennial; cespitose. Culms 30-80 cm, usually erect; nodes and internodes appressed pubescent. Sheaths glabrous or pilose, margins ciliate; ligules to 2 mm, membranous, ciliate; blades to 20 cm long, usually less than 2 mm wide, filiform, scabrous adaxially. Panicles 1-5 cm long, 1-3 cm wide, occasionally reduced to a raceme. Spikelets 9-12 mm, with 2-5 florets. Glumes subequal, 3.4-4.5 mm, acuminate; lemmas 4-8 mm, lobes 4.5-8 mm, tapering to the acute apices; awns 8-11 mm, divergent; paleas 2-3 mm, keels ciliate; anthers 1.5-2 mm, yellow. Caryopses 1.5-2.5 mm, ovoid, tan. 2n = unknown.

Distribution

Ga., La., Ala., N.C., S.C., Miss., Fla.

Discussion

Triplasis americana is endemic to the southeastern United States. It grows on sandy soils in prairies and woods, being less common in maritime dunes than Triplasis purpurea.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.