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Poaceae, Chloridoideae, Eragrostideae - Miscellaneous
(Family, Subfamily, Tribe)
tribe Eragrostideae
Purple Sandgrass Triplasis purpurea
Lives in sandy areas.
Photos taken in Taylor County, Texas, September 2007
(Native of Texas - Jones)
see similar Puffsheath Dropseed
Base: annual, clump grass, no rhizomes, no stolons (runner stem)
Blade (leaf): 1-3mm wide, 4-8cm long, flat or rolled inward, fringed in long hairs, upper blades reduced in size
Sheath (leaf part encircling stem): enlarged, glabrous or long stiff hairs, ligule dense ring of hairs
Culm (main grain stem): erect to decumbent, 45-80cm tall, long stiff hairs on nodes, short internodes
Inflorescence: 3-11cm long, few primary branches that are widely spaced, lower branches spreading, 1/2
Spikelet: 6-10mm long, usually 2-4 florets
Glume: about 3mm long, glabrous, notched apex, 1 nerve
Lemma: 3-4mm long, 3 woolly nerves, notched apex with short awn
Other Species In My Area
Saltgrass Distichlis spicata var. spicata
like Buffalograss
(Native of Texas - Runnels, Brown)
Burrograss Scleropogon brevifolius
long awns
(Native of Texas - Taylor)
American Tripogon Tripogon spicatus
few wheat-like spikelets, short
(Native of Texas - Runnels)
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