Status: Native
Synonyms:
None
If you fail to recognize Leersia oryzoides, you do so at your own risk! The
blades are lined with sharp teeth and easily can cut your skin if you run through a stand
without realizing it. The panicle is open and stiff, with one flowered spikelets. Glumes are absent.
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Leersia oryzoides, photo Russ Kleinman, Bill Norris, Richard Felger, and the Asteraceae Workshop,
Burro Mtns., Mangas Springs, Sept. 12, 2007
Leersia oryzoides, edge of blade, photo Russ Kleinman, Burro Mtns., Mangas Springs, Oct. 16, 2007
Leersia oryzoides, spikelets, photo Russ Kleinman, Burro Mtns., Mangas Springs, Sept. 22, 2008
Leersia oryzoides, retrorsely hispid node (node with stiff backward pointing hairs), photo Russ Kleinman, Burro Mtns., Mangas Springs, Sept. 22, 2008
Leersia oryzoides, closeup of spikes, photo Russ Kleinman, Richard Felger, Bill Norris, & Kelly Kindscher, Burro Mtns., Gila Bird Area, Oct. 12, 2008
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Leersia oryzoides, edge of blade, photo Russ Kleinman, Burro Mtns., Mangas Springs, Oct. 16, 2007
Leersia oryzoides, spikelets, photo Russ Kleinman, Burro Mtns., Mangas Springs, Sept. 22, 2008
Leersia oryzoides, retrorsely hispid node (node with stiff backward pointing hairs), photo Russ Kleinman, Burro Mtns., Mangas Springs, Sept. 22, 2008
Leersia oryzoides, closeup of spikes, photo Russ Kleinman, Richard Felger, Bill Norris, & Kelly Kindscher, Burro Mtns., Gila Bird Area, Oct. 12, 2008
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Leersia oryzoides, spikelets, photo Russ Kleinman, Burro Mtns., Mangas Springs, Sept. 22, 2008
Leersia oryzoides, retrorsely hispid node (node with stiff backward pointing hairs), photo Russ Kleinman, Burro Mtns., Mangas Springs, Sept. 22, 2008
Leersia oryzoides, closeup of spikes, photo Russ Kleinman, Richard Felger, Bill Norris, & Kelly Kindscher, Burro Mtns., Gila Bird Area, Oct. 12, 2008
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Leersia oryzoides, retrorsely hispid node (node with stiff backward pointing hairs), photo Russ Kleinman, Burro Mtns., Mangas Springs, Sept. 22, 2008
Leersia oryzoides, closeup of spikes, photo Russ Kleinman, Richard Felger, Bill Norris, & Kelly Kindscher, Burro Mtns., Gila Bird Area, Oct. 12, 2008
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Leersia oryzoides, closeup of spikes, photo Russ Kleinman, Richard Felger, Bill Norris, & Kelly Kindscher, Burro Mtns., Gila Bird Area, Oct. 12, 2008
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