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

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sorghastrum elliottii   FAMILY Poaceae

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

Sorghastrum elliottii

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)

Sorghastrum elliottii

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

Sorghastrum elliottii

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-89-003:

Sorghastrum elliottii   FAMILY Poaceae

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

Sorghastrum elliottii

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Sorghastrum elliottii

 

COMMON NAME:
Elliot's Indiangrass, Slender Indiangrass, Nodding Indiangrass


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image of Sorghastrum elliottii, Elliot's Indiangrass, Slender Indiangrass, Nodding Indiangrass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_soel3_001_lvd

        

image of Sorghastrum elliottii, Elliot's Indiangrass, Slender Indiangrass, Nodding Indiangrass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_soel3_002_lvd

        

image of Sorghastrum elliottii, Elliot's Indiangrass, Slender Indiangrass, Nodding Indiangrass

JK Marlow    jkm0510d_05

October    Pickens County    SC


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image of Sorghastrum elliottii, Elliot's Indiangrass, Slender Indiangrass, Nodding Indiangrass

JK Marlow    jkm0510d_17b

October    Pickens County    SC

image of Sorghastrum elliottii, Elliot's Indiangrass, Slender Indiangrass, Nodding Indiangrass

JK Marlow    jkm231010_5900

October    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

image of Sorghastrum elliottii, Elliot's Indiangrass, Slender Indiangrass, Nodding Indiangrass

JK Marlow    jkm231010_5905

October    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

image of Sorghastrum elliottii, Elliot's Indiangrass, Slender Indiangrass, Nodding Indiangrass

JK Marlow    jkm231024_6240

October    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

Spikelets 6-7mm long, the awns 25-35mm long, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).

image of Sorghastrum elliottii, Elliot's Indiangrass, Slender Indiangrass, Nodding Indiangrass

JK Marlow    s071020_k

October    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

image of Sorghastrum elliottii, Elliot's Indiangrass, Slender Indiangrass, Nodding Indiangrass

JK Marlow    s071020_k2

October    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

image of Sorghastrum elliottii, Elliot's Indiangrass, Slender Indiangrass, Nodding Indiangrass

JK Marlow    jkm111113_444

November    Chester County    SC

Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District

Panicle loose, nodding at apex, the filiform branchlets flexuous, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).

image of Sorghastrum elliottii, Elliot's Indiangrass, Slender Indiangrass, Nodding Indiangrass

JK Marlow    jkm111113_446

November    Chester County    SC

Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District

Culms more slender than S. nutans, without rhizomes, blades narrower, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).

image of Sorghastrum elliottii, Elliot's Indiangrass, Slender Indiangrass, Nodding Indiangrass

JK Marlow    jkm111113_449

November    Chester County    SC

Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District

image of Sorghastrum elliottii, Elliot's Indiangrass, Slender Indiangrass, Nodding Indiangrass

JK Marlow    jkm111113_460

November    Chester County    SC

Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District

image of Sorghastrum elliottii, Elliot's Indiangrass, Slender Indiangrass, Nodding Indiangrass

JK Marlow    jkm111113_467

November    Chester County    SC

Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District

image of Sorghastrum elliottii, Elliot's Indiangrass, Slender Indiangrass, Nodding Indiangrass

Bill Stringer    wcssorgastelliot_headb

November    Pickens County    SC

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sorghastrum elliottii   FAMILY Poaceae

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

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Sorghastrum elliottii

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-89-003:
Sorghastrum elliottii   FAMILY Poaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sorghastrum elliottii

 

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2032

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: woodlands and forests, river-scour areas, including oak-hickory forests and woodlands over mafic rocks, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (uncommon to rare in Mountains)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly low alternate, 2-ranked

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Spikelets chestnut-brown

Inflorescence a panicle of racemes

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Grain reddish
Grain

 

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