Uniola paniculata
Sea Oats
- Family: Poaceae
- Form: An upright herbaceous, perennial, dune grass spread by underground rhizomes
- Leaves: Simple, parallel, entire, thin, tapering into pointed tips; monocotyledonous
- Stem/Bark: Culms are smooth, green to tan, and clumping, 2 to 3 feet high, rhizomatous
- Flower: Tiny insignificant flowers on very showy narrow panicle
- Fruit: One-seeded caryopsis; large flat seed head; straw colored spikelets with multiple florets
- Comments: Sea Oats are very important in the stabilization of coastal dunes. Sea Oats can be easily distinguished from other native grasses by their characteristic panicle. They are a protected plant in Florida
