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Key to Stenotaphrum

Poaceae

Stenotaphrum

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1 Inflorescence axis flattened on the back with a wavy midrib on the inner surface; spikelets 2-7 in short racemes on either side of the midrib, the racemes each fitting into a shallow cavity; [rare escape, FL only]
1 Inflorescence axis compressed; spikelets solitary (rarely in 2s or 3s), somewhat embedded in the axis; [widespread in the southern portion of our region]