Glyceria fluitans

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Water Mannagrass
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Liliopsida Order: Poales Family: Poaceae Subfamily: Pooideae Genus: Glyceria Species: G. fluitans
Binomial name
Glyceria fluitans (L.) R. Br.

Glyceria fluitans (L.) R. Br. (syn. Festuca fluitans L.; Poa fluitans (L.) Scop.; Panicularia fluitans (L.) Kuntze; Water Mannagrass) is a species of perennial grasses in the genus Glyceria native to Europe, the Mediterranean region and Western Asia and occuring in wet areas such as ditches, riverbanks and ponds.

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• USDA PLANTS Profile