| Water Mannagrass | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| (unranked): | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Pooideae |
| Genus: | Glyceria |
| Species: | G. fluitans |
| Binomial name | |
| Glyceria fluitans (L.) R. Br. |
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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 occurring in wet areas such as ditches, riverbanks and ponds. It is also known as Floating Sweet Grass.
It has a creeping rootstock, a thick stem which rises to one metre. The leaves are long, narrow and pale green, rough on both sides, often folded at the keel which lies on the surface of the water.