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Fig. 542. Poa arachnifera Torr. Marcy. Expd. Red Riv. Bot. 301. 

 1853. Texas Blue-grass. — A hardy perennial 3 to 9 dm. high, 

 with strong, creeping rootstocks, long, flat leaves, and narrow, 

 rather densely flowered panicles. Spikelets ovate-lanceolate, 3- to 

 7-flowered, 4 to 8 mm. long, with acute empty glumes, and (in the 

 fertile plants) very hairy flowering glumes. — A native of Texas, 

 and introduced into cultivation in some of the Southern States. 

 April-June. 





