Parapholis incurva

(L.) C.E. Hubb.
Common names: Curved sicklegrass Sicklegrass
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 24. Treatment on page 688.
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Culms 2-35 cm, erect to decumbent, smooth, glabrous, branching at any node. Sheaths of upper leaves strongly inflated, margins expanded, enclosing the lowest spikelets; ligules to 1.5 mm; blades 1-3 (10) cm long, 1-3 mm wide, adaxial surfaces scabrid. Spikes 1-15 cm, solitary, curved and twisted, rigid, with 2-20 spikelets. Spikelets 4.5-7.5 mm, usually slightly longer than the internodes, more or less cleistogamous. Glumes lanceolate, acuminate, keels rarely slightly winged; anthers 0.5-1.3 mm. 2n = 32, 36, 38, 42.

Distribution

Md., N.J., N.C., Del., Tex., La., Calif., Mich., Ala., Va., Pa., Miss., Oreg.

Discussion

Parapholis incurva is established at various locations on the coasts of the contiguous United States. It grows in both poorly drained and well-drained disturbed soils, at and above the high tide mark. It tends to grow in more saline soils, and at lower elevations with respect to the tide, than P. strigosa.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"decumbent" is not a number.

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42 +, 38 +, 36 +  and 32 +
membranous +  and scarious +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.13 cm1.3 mm <br />0.0013 m <br />) +
Thomas Worley +
(L.) C.E. Hubb. +
1 (?) +  and 3 (?) +
straight +
basal +  and terminal +
keeled +  and rounded +
pseudopetiolate +  and branching +
intravaginal +, extravaginal +, branching +  and basal +
swelling +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
not evident +
flat +  and convolute +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
spikelike +
hairy +  and glabrous +
Curved sicklegrass +  and Sicklegrass +
erect +  and decumbent +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (35 cm350 mm <br />0.35 m <br />) +
not woody +
Md. +, N.J. +, N.C. +, Del. +, Tex. +, La. +, Calif. +, Mich. +, Ala. +, Va. +, Pa. +, Miss. +  and Oreg. +
1/4 +  and 1/3 +
liquid +, soft +  and hard +
capillary +
pistillate +  and staminate +
sometimes longer +
sterile +  and bisexual +
compressed +
reduced +
side-by-side +
sometimes slightly shorter +
shorter or longer +
subtending +
acuminate +  and lanceolate +
subequal +
coriaceous +
uncinate +
rounded +
0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br /> (0.55 cm5.5 mm <br />0.0055 m <br />) +
membranous +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br />) +
membranous +
inconspicuous +
ovate-acute +
concealed +  and prominent +
2 +  and 1 +
hairy +  and glabrous +
well-developed +
2-keeled +
spikelike +
dry +  and fleshy +
inflated +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br />) +
straight +  and strongly curved +
usually slightly longer +
2 +  and 20 +
cylindrical +
0.45 cm4.5 mm <br />0.0045 m <br /> (0.75 cm7.5 mm <br />0.0075 m <br />) +
1 +  and 3 +
simple +  and compound +
2 (?) +  and 3 (?) +
Gramineae +
Parapholis incurva +
Parapholis +
species +
membranous +
parallel +  and converging +
conspicuous +
stoloniferous +  and rhizomatous +
aquatic +  and terrestrial +
19 +, 9 +  and 7 +