OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Secale cereale   FAMILY Poaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Secale cereale   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Secale cereale

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 24 (2007)

Secale cereale

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Secale cereale

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-22-001:

Secale cereale   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)

Secale cereale

 

COMMON NAME:
Cereal Rye, Cultivated Rye


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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_sece_001_lvd

        

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JK Marlow    jkm0505d_12

May    Greenville County    SC

Roadside

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JK Marlow    s050503_d

May    Greenville County    SC

Spike 6-15cm long including awns, 12-15mm broad, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

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JK Marlow    s050503_d1

May    Greenville County    SC

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JK Marlow    s050503_d2

May    Greenville County    SC

Spikelets alternate on opposite sides of rachis, mostly 2-flowered, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

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JK Marlow    s050503_e

May    Greenville County    SC

Leaves caulinge, blades to 20cm long; sheaths glabrous, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

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JK Marlow    s050503_f

May    Greenville County    SC

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JK Marlow    s050503_g

May    Greenville County    SC

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JK Marlow    jkm0305zc_24

June    Greenville County    SC

Roadside

In habit resembling wheat, but usually taller, spike more slender, nodding, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).


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JK Marlow    jkm0007a_26a

July    Henderson County    NC

Roadside

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JK Marlow    jkm0007a_29a

July    Henderson County    NC

Roadside

An important crop, cultivated for at least 8000 years, per Weakley's Flora (2023).

image of Secale cereale, Cereal Rye, Cultivated Rye

JK Marlow    jkm0007b_04

July    Henderson County    NC

Roadside

The lemmas have awns 2-6 cm long, per Weakley's Flora (2023).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Secale cereale   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Secale cereale   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Secale cereale

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 24
Secale cereale

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Secale cereale

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-22-001:
Secale cereale   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Secale cereale

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1348

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Annual

Habitat: Fields; commonly cultivated, uncommonly persistent or volunteering after cultivation, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Eurasia

Uncommon

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer

Inflorescence a spike

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Grain

 

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