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Key to Plant Identity for Patients with Allergy in the Southwest
This guide is NOT a substitute for expert botanist identification of plant specimens. Many different plants show superficial similarities.
Grass Table of Allergenic Plants
Grass
perennial, goes brown in
winter, wiry with long runners on
surface and underground rhizomes, 3-5 finger -like
flowering spikes at end of flowering stalks ................ Bermuda Grass
coarse tall perennial 3-7 ft, bright green long leaves,
grows in ditches....................................................... Johnson Grass
annual bunch grass, slender stems,
slightly curved comb-like
flower spikes on stems ............................................... Six Weeks Grama
annual, branching from base, flowering parts containing
densely crowded spikelets ........................................ Strong-Scented Lovegrass
perennial, slender 9-13 flowered spikelets .......................... Lehman Lovegrass
Perennial, tufted or "bunch" grass appearence, reddish-
brown
or purple inflorescence ................................... Buffel
Grass
perennial tufted with leaves more narrow than Buffel Grass,
pale
long cylindric inflorescence ............................... Fountain Grass
annual, sharp-pointed flower spikes ...................................
Needle Grama Grass
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