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Eragrostis hypnoides is a species of grass known by the common name teal lovegrass. It is native to the Americas from Canada to Argentina. It is found in moist areas near water in substrates of sand or mud.

Eragrostis hypnoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Genus:	Eragrostis
Species:	E. hypnoides
Binomial name
Eragrostis hypnoides (Lam.) Britt., Sterns & Poggenb.
Synonyms
Poa hypnoides

Description

Eragrostis hypnoides is a mat-forming, creeping annual, rooting at stolons and sending up short erect stem tips to about 10 centimeters in height at maximum. The inflorescences atop the erect portions have small spikelets about a centimeter long which are yellow-green to slightly purple.

External links

• Jepson Manual Treatment - Eragrostis hypnoides
• Grass Manual Treatment
• Eragrostis hypnoides - Photo gallery

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