I have a letter from A. A. Hansen who says this species is established in the vicinity of Lafayette, Tippecanoe County.

Lvs mostly more than half as long as the stems, scabrous, delicately wiry-capillary, 0.3-0.6 mm wide, with 3 large and 0-4 small veins but only one distinct rib, the sclerenchyma forming a ±continuous ring; infl very slender; spikelets small, the first glume 1.1-2.1 mm, the second 1.8-3 mm, the lemmas mostly 2.3-4 mm and awnless; anthers 1.5-2.5 mm; 2n=14, 28; otherwise much like spp. 8-10. A European weed intr. into lawns and waste places from Nf. to N.C., Ill., and Minn. (F. tenuifolia; F. capillata; F. ovina var. c.)

Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

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