''Callisia graminea'', called the grassleaf roseling, is a plant species native from the southeastern United States to the lower Eastern Seaboard. It has been reported in

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. It grows on sandy soil in thickets,

pine barren Pine barrens, pine plains, sand plains, or pineland areas occur throughout the U.S. from Florida to Maine (see Atlantic coastal pine barrens) as well as the Midwest, West, and Canada and parts of Eurasia. Perhaps the most well known pine-barren ...

s, and disturbed sites. ''Callisia graminea'' is an erect to trailing perennial herb growing in clumps. Leaves are narrow and linear, up to 17 mm (0.7 inches) long, with a basal sheath wrapping around the stem. Flowers are pink to rose-colored.Wunderlin, R. P. 1998. Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida i–x, 1–806. University Press of Florida, Gainesville.

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graminea ''Graminea'' is a genus of longhorn beetles of the subfamily Lamiinae.Biolib.cz - ''Graminea''
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Endemic flora of the United States Flora of the Southeastern United States Plants described in 1903 Taxa named by John Kunkel Small Flora without expected TNC conservation status