Sphenopholis Scribn.

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Genus

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae

Characteristics

Spikelets strongly compressed, mostly 2-fld, disarticulating below the glumes and between the lemmas; rachilla prolonged behind the upper palea, seldom bearing a third floret; glumes keeled, dissimilar, the first 1(3)-veined, linear or rather narrowly oblong, usually distinctly shorter than the firmer, much wider, 3(5)-veined, scarious-margined second one, which nearly equals the first lemma; lemmas firm, slender, rounded on the back or keeled distally, obscurely veined, awnless or (especially the upper one) with a straight or bent, subterminal awn; palea hyaline, nearly equaling the lemma; seeds with minute embryo and liquid endosperm; ligule membranous; annual or more often perennial, with tufted or solitary stems, not rhizomatous, and with shining, often slender and spike-like panicles. 4, N. Amer.
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Hardiness (USDA) 4-9

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Distribution

Sphenopholis world distribution map, present in Åland Islands, Colombia, Dominica, Micronesia (Federated States of), Georgia, Haiti, Malaysia, Nicaragua, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:296142-2
WFO ID wfo-4000036049
COL ID 8W3Q6
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Synonyms

Reboulea Sphenopholis

Lower taxons

Sphenopholis filiformis Sphenopholis intermedia Sphenopholis interrupta Sphenopholis nitida Sphenopholis obtusata Sphenopholis pensylvanica Sphenopholis x pallens