page_title: Sporobolus cryptandrus
section_title: Description
hierarchical_section_title: Sporobolus cryptandrus / Description
caption_attribution_description: The first glume is much smaller than the second, which is about a long as the lemma and palea of the solitary floret.
context_page_description: Sporobolus cryptandrus is a species of grass known as sand dropseed. It is native to North America, where it is widespread in southern Canada, most of the United States, and northern Mexico.
context_section_description: Sporobolus cryptandrus is a perennial bunchgrass forming a tuft of stems growing up to a meter long, erect to decumbent in form. The stem bases are thick but not hard or woody. The leaves are up to 26 cm (10 in) long and rough-haired along the margins. Some stand out from the stems in a perpendicular fashion. The inflorescence is dense and narrow when new, spreading out and becoming diffuse, with some branches sticking straight out, with age. The base of the inflorescence is often sheathed within the top leaf, which spreads out beside it. The grass produces abundant seeds; an individual inflorescence is capable of bearing 10,000 seeds.
caption: Spikelets
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