Creeping Meadow Grass

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Creeping Meadow Grass (Eragrostis reptans) is found on the gravelly banks of rivers, from New England to the Western States. It is a delicate and beautiful grass, with short, nearly awl-shaped leaves, smooth, long spikelets, loose sheaths, slightly hairly on the margin;, panicles from one to two inches long. An annual growing fromn 6 to 15 inches high, it flowers in August. Shown is its panicle and creeping root-stalk , spikelets, palea, stamens, seed, and surface of a rootlet.

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grasses, grass, kgrasses, Creeping Meadow grass, Eragrostis reptans

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Grasses and Grains

Source

Flint, Charles L. Grasses and Forage Plants (Boston, MA: William F. Gill & Company, 1874)

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