. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. GRAMINEAE. Vol. I. 3. Puccinellia distans (L.) Pari. Spread- ing Meadow-grass. Sweet-grass. Fig. 645. Poa distans L. Mant. 32. 1767. Glyceria distans Wahl. Fl. Ups. 36. 1820. Puccinellia distans Pari. Fl. Ital. 1: 367. 1848. Culms 1 °-2° tall, decumbent at the base, tufted, smooth and glabrous. Sheaths often shorter than the internodes, smooth and glabrous; lig
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. GRAMINEAE. Vol. I. 3. Puccinellia distans (L.) Pari. Spread- ing Meadow-grass. Sweet-grass. Fig. 645. Poa distans L. Mant. 32. 1767. Glyceria distans Wahl. Fl. Ups. 36. 1820. Puccinellia distans Pari. Fl. Ital. 1: 367. 1848. Culms 1 °-2° tall, decumbent at the base, tufted, smooth and glabrous. Sheaths often shorter than the internodes, smooth and glabrous; ligule Y'-l" long; blades up to 4' long, i"-2" wide, flat or folded, usually stiff and erect, smooth beneath; panicle i'-y' in length, open, the branches finally spreading, whorled, the lower up to 44' long, sometimes reflexed, naked below; spikelets crowded, 3-6-flowered, i4"-2i" long; , empty scales obtuse or acute, i-nerved, the second exceeding the first and less than half the length of the first flowering scale, the truncate flowering scales l"-i" long. On salt meadows, sea beaches and in waste places, Nova Scotia to Delaware. Probably naturalized from Europe. Sea-meadow-grass. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Britton, Nathaniel Lord, 1859-1934; Brown, Addison, 1830-1913. New York, Scribner
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