Blooms: June - September
Habit: herb
Duration: perennial
Origin: Native
Distribution: Vancouver Island, British Columbia, south to California; also along the east coast of the United States from Canada to Florida and Texas.
Habitat: Coastal beaches and salt marshes.
Habit: herb
Duration: perennial
Origin: Native
Distribution: Vancouver Island, British Columbia, south to California; also along the east coast of the United States from Canada to Florida and Texas.
Habitat: Coastal beaches and salt marshes.
Species Description:
General: Dioecious perennials from extensive rhizomes, the culms solid, 10-40 cm. tall, sometimes decumbent and stolonous.
Leaves: Sheaths open, glabrous; ligules about 0.5 mm. long; blades involute, 2-4 mm. broad, usually glabrous, stiff and sharp-pointed.
Flowers: Inflorescence a compact panicle 3-8 cm. long; staminate spikelets yellowish, 7- to 16-flowered, strongly compressed; pistillate spikelets greenish, 5- to 9-flowered; first glume 2-2.5 mm. long, the second 1 mm. longer; staminate lemmas membranous, about 6 mm. long, the pistillate lemmas harder and shorter; paleas slightly shorter, with a winged keel 0.1 mm. broad.
General: Dioecious perennials from extensive rhizomes, the culms solid, 10-40 cm. tall, sometimes decumbent and stolonous.
Leaves: Sheaths open, glabrous; ligules about 0.5 mm. long; blades involute, 2-4 mm. broad, usually glabrous, stiff and sharp-pointed.
Flowers: Inflorescence a compact panicle 3-8 cm. long; staminate spikelets yellowish, 7- to 16-flowered, strongly compressed; pistillate spikelets greenish, 5- to 9-flowered; first glume 2-2.5 mm. long, the second 1 mm. longer; staminate lemmas membranous, about 6 mm. long, the pistillate lemmas harder and shorter; paleas slightly shorter, with a winged keel 0.1 mm. broad.
Accepted Name:
Distichlis spicata (L.) GreeneSynonyms:
Distichlis spicata (L.) Greene ssp. stricta (Torr.) Thorne
Distichlis spicata (L.) Greene var. borealis (J. Presl) Beetle
Distichlis spicata (L.) Greene var. divaricata Beetle
Distichlis spicata (L.) Greene var. nana Beetle
Distichlis spicata (L.) Greene var. stolonifera Beetle
Distichlis spicata (L.) Greene var. stricta (Torr.) Scribn.
Distichlis stricta (Torr.) Rydb.
Distichlis stricta (Torr.) Rydb. var. dentata (Rydb.) C.L. Hitchc.
Distichlis stricta (Torr.) Rydb. var. stricta
Uniola spicata L.
Treated in Flora of the PNW as:
Distichlis spicata var. borealis, Distichlis stricta vars. dentata, stricta
Additional Resources:
PNW Herbaria Specimens: View list of Distichlis spicata specimens in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database.
WTU Herbarium Specimens: View list of Distichlis spicata specimens in the WTU Herbarium database.
Washington Flora Checklist: Distichlis spicata treatment.
E-Flora BC: Distichlis spicata atlas page.
CalPhotos: Distichlis spicata images.
USDA Plants Database: Distichlis spicata.
Fred Weinmann, 1992
Fred Weinmann, 1992
Richard Old
Richard Old
Richard Old
Richard Old
Clayton J. Antieau, 1995
Clayton J. Antieau, 1995
Robert L. Carr, 2010
Robert L. Carr, 2010
Robert L. Carr, 2010
Robert L. Carr, 2010
Robert L. Carr, 2010
Robert L. Carr, 2010
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