Monanthochloë littoralis

Engelm.
Common names: Shoregrass
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 25.
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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

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"decumbent" is not a number.

... more about "Monanthochloë littoralis"
1 +  and 3 +
John W. Thieret +
Engelm. +
1 (?) +  and 3 (?) +
multiple +, , +  and single +
keeled +  and rounded +
pseudopetiolate +  and branching +
not fused +
intravaginal +, extravaginal +, branching +  and basal +
swelling +
membranous +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
subulate +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
spikelike +
triangular +  and dome--shaped +
sometimes longer +
membranous +
Shoregrass +
8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br /> (15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br />) +
not woody +
not waisted +
capillary +
pistillate +  and staminate +
sometimes longer +
3 +  and 5 +
bisexual +  and fertile +
round +  and compressed +
reduced +
shorter or longer +
subtending +
uncinate +
paniculate +  and racemose +
hollow +  and solid +
not absent +
coriaceous +
thinner +
sometimes longer +
inconspicuous +
concealed +  and prominent +
2 +  and 1 +
coriaceous +
thinner +
dry +  and fleshy +
spikelike +
membranous +
puberulent +  and glabrous +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
pistillate +  and staminate +
subterete +
1 +  and 3 +
compound +  and simple +
2 (?) +  and 3 (?) +
Gramineae +
Monanthochloë littoralis +
Monanthochloë +
species +
membranous +
7 (?) +  and 13 (?) +
aquatic +  and terrestrial +