''Crypsis vaginiflora'' is a species of
grass known by the common name modest pricklegrass. It is native to North Africa but it can be found in other parts of the world as an
introduced species, including the western United States, particularly
California, where it is common in wet habitat such as
vernal pools. It is an annual grass forming mats of green, prostrate stems not generally exceeding 30 centimeters long. The stems are enveloped in the sheaths of the leaves, the small blades of which break off. The
inflorescence is a dense
panicle
A panicle is a much-branched inflorescence. (softcover ). Some authors distinguish it from a compound spike inflorescence, by requiring that the flowers (and fruit) be pedicellate (having a single stem per flower). The branches of a panicle are of ...
usually no more than 1.5 centimeters long tucked into the sheaths of the uppermost leaves.
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