OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Festuca octoflora var. octoflora   FAMILY Poaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vulpia octoflora var. octoflora   FAMILY Poaceae

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

Vulpia octoflora var. octoflora

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-18-002:

Festuca octoflora   FAMILY Poaceae

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

Festuca octoflora var. octoflora

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Festuca octoflora

 

COMMON NAME:
Southern Six-weeks Fescue


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image of Festuca octoflora var. octoflora, Southern Six-weeks Fescue

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_feoc3_001_lvd

        

image of Festuca octoflora var. octoflora, Southern Six-weeks Fescue

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_feoc3_002_lvd

        

image of Festuca octoflora var. octoflora, Southern Six-weeks Fescue

Bruce A. Sorrie    bas_vulpia_octoflora1

April    Dare County    NC

image of Festuca octoflora var. octoflora, Southern Six-weeks Fescue

Bruce A. Sorrie    bas_vulpia_octoflora2

April    Dare County    NC

image of Festuca octoflora var. octoflora, Southern Six-weeks Fescue

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_v_octoflora_oct_0659

May    Lincoln County    NC

image of Festuca octoflora var. octoflora, Southern Six-weeks Fescue

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_v_octoflora_oct_0663

May    Lincoln County    NC

image of Festuca octoflora var. octoflora, Southern Six-weeks Fescue

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_v_octoflora_oct_0671

May    Lincoln County    NC

image of Festuca octoflora var. octoflora, Southern Six-weeks Fescue

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_v_octoflora_oct_0671b

May    Lincoln County    NC

Lemma awns 0.3-6(9)mm long; spikelets w 5-11(-more) closely imbricate florets, per Weakley's Flora.

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Festuca octoflora var. octoflora   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vulpia octoflora var. octoflora   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 24
Vulpia octoflora var. octoflora

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-18-002:
Festuca octoflora   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Festuca octoflora var. octoflora

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Festuca octoflora

 

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1961

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Annual

Habitat: Fields, roadsides, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (uncommon in Mountains of GA & SC) (uncommon in GA Piedmont)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Low alternate, 2-ranked

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
1 stamen

Inflorescence a panicle

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Grain red
Grain

 

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