Leptochloa dubia

Green sprangletop

Family: Poaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Green sprangletop is a California native perennial grass found in the Sacramento Valley, specifically in Butte County, growing in sandy or rocky soils at an elevation of 300 meters. Flowering from October to November, this grass produces delicate, laterally compressed spikelets 5 to 12 millimeters long with widely spreading florets. Growing with erect stems 30 to 100 centimeters tall, it develops solid internodes and multiple ascending racemes. Its leaves are flat, up to 35 centimeters long and less than 1 centimeter wide, with glabrous sheaths and small ligules. The grass's distinctive spikelets feature 2 to 6 glumes, with lower glumes smaller than upper ones and lemmas occasionally extending to a short point.

Habitat: Sandy or rocky soils

Bloom period: Oct-Nov

Elevation: 300 m

Bioregions: ScV (Butte Co.)

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