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Agrostis capillaris L.
Herbarium:Rhodes College Herbarium (SWMT)Herbarium's Specimen Details Page
Family:Poaceae
Currently Accepted Name:Agrostis capillaris L.
Herbarium Name Used:Agrostis capillaris
Locality:United States. Tennessee. Shelby: Memphis, Overton Park, along main trail.
Description:Agrostis capillaris is a tufted perennial C3 tetraploid grass. It is variably described as reaching heights of 100cm. Roots have rhizomes and occasionally stolons. Leaves are flat, short and narrow measuring 100-150 x 1.5 mm. Ribs and regular and margins slightly rough. The entire plant is hairless. Spikelets are 1.5-3.5 mm in length and purplish brown to greenish in colour. Seed heads are usually 15cm long with spreading branches with tiny, brown seeds. It is a long-day plant with floral initials forming early May in the Northern hemisphere, with flowering peaking early July. 
Habitat:Agrostis capillaris is a tufted perennial C3 tetraploid grass. It is variably described as reaching heights of 100cm. Roots have rhizomes and occasionally stolons. Leaves are flat, short and narrow measuring 100-150 x 1.5 mm. Ribs and regular and margins slightly rough. The entire plant is hairless. Spikelets are 1.5-3.5 mm in length and purplish brown to greenish in colour. Seed heads are usually 15cm long with spreading branches with tiny, brown seeds. It is a long-day plant with floral initials forming early May in the Northern hemisphere, with flowering peaking early July.
Collector:A. DeGenova 62
Date:21 April 2013
Accession No:SWMT05063

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