familyPoaceae
subfamilyPoaceae subfam. Chloridoideae
genusMonanthochloë
speciesMonanthochloë littoralis
Monanthochloë littoralis
Common names: Shoregrass
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 25.
Revision as of 22:04, 5 November 2020 by imported>Volume Importer
Plants with extensively creeping stolons. Culms 8-15 cm, clus¬tered, erect. Sheaths 4-6 mm, rounded, smooth, shiny, glabrous or puberulent at the base; blades 0.5-1.5 cm long, 1-2(3) mm wide, uniformly many-veined. 2n = 40.
Discussion
Monanthochloë littoralis grows in moist, sandy, saline soils along the coast of southern California and the southeastern United States, northeastern Mexico, and the Caribbean islands.
Selected References
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Lower Taxa
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