Eragrostis hypnoides

Taxobox
name = "Eragrostis hypnoides"


image_width = 260px
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Liliopsida
ordo = Cyperales
familia = Poaceae
genus = "Eragrostis"
species = "E. hypnoides"
binomial = "Eragrostis hypnoides"
binomial_authority = (Lam.) Britt., Sterns & Poggenb.
synonyms = "Poa hypnoides"

"Eragrostis hypnoides" is a species of grass known by the common name teal lovegrass. It is native to the Americas from Canada to Argentina. It is found in moist areas near water in substrates of sand or mud. This is a mat-forming, creeping annual, rooting at stolons and sending up short erect stem tips to about 10 centimeters in height at maximum. The inflorescences atop the erect portions have small spikelets about a centimeter long which are yellow-green to slightly purple.

External links

* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?8738,8993,8997 Jepson Manual Treatment]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ERHY USDA Plants Profile]
* [http://herbarium.usu.edu/webmanual/info2.asp?name=Eragrostis_hypnoides&type=treatment Grass Manual Treatment]
* [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Eragrostis+hypnoides Photo gallery]