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Name - Axonopus affinis Chase |
Family
- Gramineae |
| Mat-forming perennial from somewhat
flattened, smooth stolons. Leaf blade, smooth on both
surfaces, tip rounded; a few long hairs present on leaf
sheath margin and at base of blade margin. Seedhead resembles
crabgrass spp., with two to five ascending spikes. Uppermost
branches usually paired. Reproduces by seed and stolons.
Most common on low, moist sites. Often seeded as a companion
grass to centipede grass. Common in the Coastal Plain
of the Gulf states, north to North Carolina, and west
to Arkansas and Oklahoma. Also occurs in Central and South
America, India, Australia and southern Africa. |
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