Axonopus furcatus Hitchc.

Stoloniferous; culms erect or decumbent at base, compressed, 4–8 dm; lvs to 10 mm wide; racemes 2, divaricate, 5–10 cm, rarely with a third just below, often with another from the uppermost sheath; spikelets 4–5 mm, glabrous, the midvein of the sterile lemma obscure, the other veins approximate in 2 submarginal pairs; fertile lemma 2.5–3 mm; 2n=40. Damp or wet soil of the coastal plain; se. Va. to Fla., Tex., and Ark.; reported from Md. (Anastrophus f.)