''Munroa squarrosa'' is a species of

grass Poaceae () or Gramineae () is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the cereal grasses, bamboos and the grasses of natural grassland and species cultivated in lawns an ...

known by the common name false buffalograss. It is native to North America from central

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. It can be found in many types of dry, open habitat, including disturbed areas.

Description

It is an annual

bunchgrass Tussock grasses or bunch grasses are a group of grass species in the family Poaceae. They usually grow as singular plants in clumps, tufts, hummocks, or bunches, rather than forming a sod or lawn, in meadows, grasslands, and prairies. As perennial ...

producing a stem with many branches forming a tangled mat no more than 20 centimeters wide. The short, narrow, spiky leaves are 1 to 2 centimeters long and have hair-lined edges. The

inflorescence An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Morphologically, it is the modified part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed o ...

is short and sometimes located within a crowded cluster of leaves toward the ends of the stems. The hairy spikelets are just under a centimeter in length.

References

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Jepson Manual TreatmentGrass Manual Treatment
Chloridoideae Bunchgrasses of North America Grasses of Canada Grasses of the United States Native grasses of California Grasses of Mexico Flora of the Western United States Flora of the California desert regions Flora of Northwestern Mexico Flora of Northeastern Mexico Flora without expected TNC conservation status {{Chloridoideae-stub