Arrowgrass
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Arrowgrass is the common name for members of the genus Triglochin. The genus belongs to the family Juncaginaceae and counts about a dozen-and-a-half members. North America has four (or five) species, two of which can also be found in the British Isles (and Europe): Triglochin palustris, marsh arrowgrass and Triglochin maritimum, sea arrowgrass. Australia has many more.
Arrowgrasses are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Grey Chi.
[edit] External links
- Triglochin in the Flora of North America
- USDA: Triglochin concinna [in the Flora of North America this is treated as a synonym of Triglochin maritima]
