Vaseyochloa multinervosa

(Vasey) Hitchc.
Common names: Texasgrass
Endemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 25. Treatment on page 108.

Culms 60-110 cm. Ligules 1-3 mm; blades 16-35 cm long, 1-6 mm wide, glabrous, lower blades usually folded, upper blades flat. Panicles 10-30 cm long, 1-3 cm wide; branches 4-13 cm, ascending or the lower branches occasionally spreading, each axil with a tuft of hairs. Spikelets 10-16 mm long, 2.5-5 mm wide. Lower glumes 2.5-4 mm, 1-7-veined; upper glumes 4-5.5 mm, 5-9-veined; lemmas 5-7 mm; anthers 3, 0.5-2 mm. 2n = 56, 60, 68.

Discussion

Vaseyochloa multinervosa grows in islands of live oaks within rolling sand dunes on the Texas mainland, North Padre Island, and on naturally occurring islands in the Laguna Madre of Texas.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.