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(Last Modified On 10/16/2012)
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(Last Modified On 10/16/2012)
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Species
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ERIOCHLOA PUNCTATA
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Prodr. PI. Ind. Occ. 5. 1825.
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Synonym
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Milium punctatum L. Syst. Nat. ed. 10. 2:872. 1759. Agrostis punctata Lam. Encycl. 1:58. 1783. Oedipachne punctata Link, Hort. Berol. 1:51. 1827. Helopus punctatus Nees, Agrost. Bras. 16. 1829. Monachne punctata Nash, Bull. Torrey Club 30:374. 1903.
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Description
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Glabrous, rather freely branching perennial; culms erect or ascending from a decumbent base, commonly more than 1 m. high, densely pilose below the inflo- rescence; sheaths rounded, usually much shorter than the internodes, the prophylla, in those subtending the branches, often elongate and conspicuous; ligule densely ciliate, about 0.5 mm. long; blades 15-40 cm. long, 5-15 mm. wide, acuminate, the margins finely scabrous; inflorescence 10-20 cm. long, the axis and the rachis of the narrowly ascending racemes densely pubescent and also pilose; racemes many, ascending or appressed, the lower ones 4-5 cm. long; spikelets 4 mm. long; second glume and sterile lemma equal, acuminate, densely pilose on the lower part with long appressed white hairs, the upper portion glabrous; fruit about 2 mm. long, the hispidulous awn about 1 mm. long.
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Distribution
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Swamps, ditches, and wet places, southern United States and the West Indies to Argentina.
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Specimen
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BOCAS DEL TORO: Laguna de Chiriqui, Hart 64.
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