familyPoaceae
subfamilyPoaceae subfam. Chloridoideae
genusMonanthochloë
speciesMonanthochloë littoralis
Monanthochloë littoralis
Common names: Shoregrass
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 25.
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.
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Monanthochloë littoralis +
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dioecious +
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