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Alexandergrass (Creeping Signalfrass)
Brachiaria plantaginea |
| Summer annual with prostrate, creeping smooth stems, rooting at nodes. Leaf blades usually smooth, flat and wide. Leaf sheath often with hairs on margin. Seedhead branches spreading like "signal flags" with seed on underside. Occurring in turf and disturbed habitats. Reproduces by seed. Found in peninsula of Florida, Georgia and isolated places in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Hawaii. Also in Mexico, Central and South America. Native to Tropical America. |