SEASIDE ARROWGRASS 



Triglo'chin mari'tima, syn. T. mari'tima de'bilis 



GL17 

 (2 leaves) 



Flowers small, greenish, perfect, 

 bractless, stalked, numerous, in .an 

 end cluster (raceme) 



Petals 3, egg-shaped, slightly cupped 



Outer flower parts (sepals) 3, similar 

 to petals 



Leaves all basal, half-cylindric, grass- 

 like or rushlike, narrow, linear, with 

 broad sheaths at base, shorter than 

 stem 



Seed pods (carpels) 6, united but 

 separating from base upward when 

 ripe; each carpel egg-shaped, 3-angled, 

 1-seeded, tipped by a short, persistent* 

 bent-back stalk (style) 



Stem- leafless, stout, hairless, often 

 ridged and spirally twisted, up to 3 ft. 

 high 



Rootstock perennial, short, thick,, 

 mostly concealed by leaf sheaths; 

 runners lacking 



Roots fibrous 



