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Fig. 191. Gymnopogon ambiguus (Michx.) B. S. P.; Britton 

 and Brown, 111. FL, 1 : 178 (G. racemosus Beauv.). Naked Beard- 

 grass. — A loosely tufted, erect or ascending perennial 30 to 15 cm. 

 high, with short and broad leaf blades and numerous (fifteen to 

 thirty), slender and widely spreading spikes irregularly scattered 

 along the common rachis. — Dry soil, fields, hillsides, and borders 

 of woods, New Jersey to Missouri, Indian Territory, Texas, and 

 Florida. July-October. 

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