Beckmannia syzigachne

Beckmannia syzigachne
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Beckmannia
Species: B. syzigachne
Binomial name
Beckmannia syzigachne
(Steud.) Fernald
Synonyms[1]
  • Beckmannia baicalensis Hultén
  • Beckmannia hirsutiflora (Roshev.) Prob.
  • Panicum syzigachne Steud.

Beckmannia syzigachne, the American sloughgrass,[2] or slough grass, is an annual or short-lived perennial bunchgrass in the Poaceae (grass) family found in shallow marshes or sloughs. [3]

Beckmannia syzigachne is widespread across much of Europe, Asia, and North America.[3][4][5]

Beckmannia syzigachne is one of only two species in the Beckmannia genus; the other being Beckmannia eruciformis.[6]

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