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Glyceria fluitans
floating sweet grass
Other common names
float grassflote grass
see moremanna croup
manna grass
Poland manna
sweet grass
glaswellt y dŵr
Botanical details
- Family
- Poaceae
- Native to GB / Ireland
- Yes
- 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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