Eragrostis ciliaris var. laxa

Kuntze
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 25. Treatment on page 71.

Panicles 1.5-5 cm wide, open; branches spreading 20-50° from the rachises. Spikelets widely separated from each other.

Discussion

Eragrostis ciliaris var. laxa grows in five counties of Florida, the Caribbean Islands, and the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"decumbent" is not a number.

0.01 cm0.1 mm <br />1.0e-4 m <br /> (0.03 cm0.3 mm <br />3.0e-4 m <br />) +
obtuse +  and acute +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
Paul M. Peterson +
Kuntze +
1 (?) +  and 3 (?) +
multiple +, , +  and single +
not +  and glabrous +
keeled +  and rounded +
pseudopetiolate +  and branching +
not fused +
intravaginal +, extravaginal +, branching +  and basal +
swelling +
membranous +
not pseudopetiolate +
1.8 cm18 mm <br />0.018 m <br /> (12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br />) +
ciliate +  and glabrous +
involute +, folded +  and flat +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
interrupted +  and open +
not spikelike +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
reddish-brown +
0.04 cm0.4 mm <br />4.0e-4 m <br /> (0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br />) +
triangular +  and dome--shaped +
sometimes longer +
0.02 cm0.2 mm <br />2.0e-4 m <br /> (0.08 cm0.8 mm <br />8.0e-4 m <br />) +
membranous +
not rooting +
geniculate +
9 cm90 mm <br />0.09 m <br /> (75 cm750 mm <br />0.75 m <br />) +
not woody +
Puerto Rico +, N.J. +, Ga. +, Tex. +, La. +, Virgin Islands +, Ala. +, Pacific Islands (Hawaii) +, Miss. +, S.C. +  and Fla. +
not waisted +
capillary +
pistillate +  and staminate +
sometimes longer +
6 +  and 11 +
round +  and compressed +
reduced +
persistent +  and deciduous +
shorter or longer +
subtending +
ovate +  and lanceolate +
uncinate +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
paniculate +  and racemose +
hollow +  and solid +
scabridulous +
not absent +
(1)3(5)-veined +
elliptical-ovate +  and lanceolate +
0.08 cm0.8 mm <br />8.0e-4 m <br /> (0.13 cm1.3 mm <br />0.0013 m <br />) +
membranous +
sometimes longer +
ciliate +  and ciliolate +
0.02 cm0.2 mm <br />2.0e-4 m <br /> (0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br />) +
membranous +
inconspicuous +
0.07 cm0.7 mm <br />7.0e-4 m <br /> (0.12 cm1.2 mm <br />0.0012 m <br />) +
concealed +  and prominent +
2 +  and 1 +
persistent +
2-keeled +
0.08 cm0.8 mm <br />8.0e-4 m <br /> (0.13 cm1.3 mm <br />0.0013 m <br />) +
membranous +
1.7cm +  and 15cm +
cylindrical +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
0.01 cm0.1 mm <br />1.0e-4 m <br /> (0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br />) +
dry +  and fleshy +
diverging;appressed +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
pilose +  and glabrous +
spikelike +
Introduced +
yellowish-brown +
0.18 cm1.8 mm <br />0.0018 m <br /> (0.32 cm3.2 mm <br />0.0032 m <br />) +
1 +  and 60 +
elliptical-ovate +  and ovatelanceolate +
1mm +  and 2mm +
1 +  and 3 +
compound +  and simple +
2 (?) +  and 3 (?) +
Gramineae +
Eragrostis ciliaris var. laxa +
Eragrostis ciliaris +
variety +
membranous +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.16 cm1.6 mm <br />0.0016 m <br />) +
7 (?) +  and 13 (?) +
rhizomatous +  and stoloniferous +
aquatic +  and terrestrial +
dioecious +  and synoecious +