Echinochloa muricata var. microstachya
Common names: Echinochloa piquant
Endemic
Synonyms: Echinochloa wiegandii Echinochloa pungens var. wiegandii Echinochloa pungens var. microstachya Echinochloa muricata var. wiegandii Echinochloa microstachya
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 25. Treatment on page 396.
Spikelets 2.5-3.8 mm. Lower glumes 0.9-1.6 mm; upper glumes 2.8-3.8 mm; lower lemmas unawned or awned, awns to 10 mm; anthers 0.4-0.7 mm.
Distribution
Conn., N.J., N.Y., Wash., Va., Wis., W.Va., Wyo., N.H., N.Mex., Tex., La., Tenn., R.I., Nev., Maine, Colo., Man., N.S., Ont., Que., Sask., Calif., Ark., Iowa, Kans., N.Dak., Nebr., Okla., S.Dak., Vt., Ill., Ariz., D.C., Del., Ga., Idaho, Ala., Fla., Ind., N.C., Ohio, Pa., S.C., Md., Mass., Utah, Virgin Islands, Mo., Minn., Mich., Mont., Miss., Ky., Oreg.
Discussion
Echinochloa muricata var. microstachya is the common variety in the western part of North America, extending east to the Missouri River and the Texas panhandle.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
"decumbent" is not a number.
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rooting +
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