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Axonopus

 

Axonopus furcatus (Fluegge) Hitchc.

Carpet Grass

Natural range:   Southeastern U.S. and tropical areas beyond

Habitat:  Weedy

Florida status:  Native, weedy

Recognition:  Leaf blades wide, ciliate-margined.  Spikelets 3.5-5 mm long; upper glume with glabrous margins, 5-7-veined.  Inflorescence often nearly Y-shaped, sometimes with a branch below the Y or making a third branch to the Y.