Eragrostis hypnoides
Encyclopedia
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.
s and sending up short erect stem tips to about 10 centimeters in height at maximum. The inflorescence
s atop the erect portions have small spikelets about a centimeter long which are yellow-green to slightly purple.
Poaceae
The Poaceae is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of flowering plants. Members of this family are commonly called grasses, although the term "grass" is also applied to plants that are not in the Poaceae lineage, including the rushes and sedges...
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.
Description
Eragrostis hypnoides is a mat-forming, creeping annual, rooting at stolonStolon
In biology, stolons are horizontal connections between organisms. They may be part of the organism, or of its skeleton; typically, animal stolons are external skeletons.-In botany:...
s and sending up short erect stem tips to about 10 centimeters in height at maximum. The inflorescence
Inflorescence
An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Strictly, it is the part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed and which is accordingly modified...
s atop the erect portions have small spikelets about a centimeter long which are yellow-green to slightly purple.