Native Plants
Digital Herbaria
Leptochloa panicea ssp. brachiata
Leptochloa panicea (Retz.) Ohwi ssp. brachiata (Steud.) N. Snow
Red Sprangletop
Poaceae (Grass Family)
USDA Symbol: LEPABUSDA Native Status: L48 (N), PR (N), VI (N)
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Specimen & Label Data
Leptochloa filiformis
Red Sprangletop Grass
Poaceae
Location: W yard of 86 Campden Circle--Oakwell Farms.Latitude: 0.000000
Habitat: Moist, alkaline, alluvial, disturbed soil. Semi-shade. Few/scattered.
Description: Tufted, annual grass from fibrous roots. Culms to 90 cm x 2 mm; internodes 8 cm; sheathes rounded on back; ligules less than 1 mm long, lacerate, cinerate; blades to 10 mm x 35 cm, flat. Panicle 35 mm tall. Infloresence branches 15 cm long, about 60, flexing, 1 mm thick. Spikelets 2-4 flowered, to 3 mm long. Glumes: 1st shorter than 2nd (3mm), acute; lemma 1.5 mm long, blunt. Caryopses obovate, .8 mm long.
County: Bexar
Collector: Harry Cliffe
Collection Date: Aug 21, 1990
Specimen number: 396
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0587
Accession Date: Nov 23, 1993
Accession Number: 44
Annotations: SXFRB