Leptochloa virgata (L.) P.Beauv.
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Poaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
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Species Description - Perennial; culms rather slender, smooth, erect or decumbent, somewhat tufted, 2-10 dm. high, little branched or simple. Leaves glabrous, the blades 6-18 cm. long, 4-15 mm. wide; spikes slender, weak, 3-12 cm. long, racemose near the top of the culm; spikelets about 4 mm. long; flowering scales awnless or very short-awned.
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Distribution
New Providence : West Indies and tropical continental America. Virgate Leptochloa.
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