Chloris canterae var. grandiflora
Introduced
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 25. Treatment on page 208.
Plants densely cespitose. Culms 5-30 cm. Leaves primarily basal, 1-1.5 mm wide, involute. Panicles with 3-5 branches; branches 3-6 cm. 2n = unknown.
Discussion
Chloris canterae var. grandiflora was collected around woolen mills in southeastern North America in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It has also been found in Texas, but less frequently than var. canterae. In South America, it grows in drier, more rocky areas than var. canterae.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
"decumbent" is not a number.
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absent +
common +
absent +
bulliform +
absent +
membranous +
kranz +
absent +
absent +
arising +
close +
not fused +
filiform +
membranous +
thick +
not pseudopetiolate +
adaxial +
separate +
curving +
erect +
3;5 +
spikelike +
bearded +
ovoid-ellipsoid +
sometimes longer +
membranous +
single +
branched +
annual +
climbing +
floating +
erect +
not woody +
sterile +
smaller +
Mich. +, Del. +, Ariz. +, N.Mex. +, Pacific Islands (Hawaii) +, Miss. +, Tenn. +, Fla. +, Wyo. +, Puerto Rico +, N.J. +, Tex. +, La. +, N.C. +, S.C. +, Pa. +, Conn. +, Mass. +, Maine +, N.Y. +, Nev. +, Va. +, Colo. +, Virgin Islands +, Calif. +, Ala. +, Kans. +, N.Dak. +, Nebr. +, Okla. +, S.Dak. +, Ark. +, Ill. +, Ga. +, Ind. +, Iowa +, Md. +, Ohio +, Oreg. +, Utah +, Mo. + and Ky. +
absent +
not waisted +
large +
hard +
capillary +
staminate +
adjacent +
shorter +
3-veined +
sometimes longer +
falling +
absent +
glabrous +
sterile +
compressed +
reduced +
widened +
absent +
shorter +
shorter or longer +
subtending +
unequal +
long +
lacking +
coarse +
uncinate +
punctate +
Present +
pistillate +
distinct +
axillary +
elongate +
not absent +
distichous +
basal +
involute +
sometimes longer +
absent +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (?) +
membranous +
awn-tipped +
absent +
inconspicuous +
bisexual +
adjacent +
stiff +
coarse +
absent +
simple +
glabrous +
scabrous +
mucronate +
glabrous +
2-veined +
shorter +
keeled +
digitate +
intact +
falling +
separating +
free +
spikelike +
evident +
open +
closed +
glabrous +
keeled +
Introduced +
imbricate +
attached +
distal +
absent +
sterile +
compressed +
absent +
separate +
staminate +
Chloris canterae var. grandiflora +
Chloris canterae +
variety +
dioecious +
hyaline +
membranous +
absent +
scabrous +
perennial +
various +
2;several +