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Glyceria fluitans

float grass

Other common names
floating sweet grass
flote grass
see moremanna croup
manna grass
Poland manna
sweet grass
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Botanical details
Family
Poaceae
Native to the UK
No
Genus

Glyceria

Genus description

Glyceria are vigorous, spreading, moisture-loving or aquatic, rhizomatous perennial grasses, with narrowly strap-shaped leaves and green or purple-tinged flowering panicles in late summer

Name status

Correct

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