OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Amphicarpum amphicarpon   FAMILY Poaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Amphicarpum purshii   FAMILY Poaceae

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

Amphicarpum amphicarpon

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)

Amphicarpum amphicarpon

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-67-001:

Amphicarpum purshii   FAMILY Poaceae

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

Amphicarpum purshii

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

Amphicarpon amphicarpon

 

COMMON NAME:
Pinebarrens Peanut-grass, Pinebarrens Goober-grass, New Jersey Goober-grass


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image of Amphicarpum amphicarpon, Pinebarrens Peanut-grass, Pinebarrens Goober-grass, New Jersey Goober-grass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_amam_001_lvd

        

image of Amphicarpum amphicarpon, Pinebarrens Peanut-grass, Pinebarrens Goober-grass, New Jersey Goober-grass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_ampu6_001_lvd

        

image of Amphicarpum amphicarpon, Pinebarrens Peanut-grass, Pinebarrens Goober-grass, New Jersey Goober-grass

JK Marlow    jkm060423_122

April        SC

Francis Marion National Forest

Leaf blades hirsute on both surfaces, margins ciliate; sheaths hirsute, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Amphicarpum amphicarpon, Pinebarrens Peanut-grass, Pinebarrens Goober-grass, New Jersey Goober-grass

JK Marlow    jkm060423_122b

April        SC

Francis Marion National Forest

Leaf blade surfaces hirsute with pustular-based hairs, margins ciliate, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Amphicarpum amphicarpon, Pinebarrens Peanut-grass, Pinebarrens Goober-grass, New Jersey Goober-grass

JK Marlow    jkm060423_123

April        SC

Francis Marion National Forest

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Amphicarpum amphicarpon   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Amphicarpum purshii   FAMILY Poaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Amphicarpum amphicarpon

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-67-001:
Amphicarpum purshii   FAMILY Poaceae

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

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

 

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2087

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial? Annual?

Habitat: Wet, peaty, open soils, especially peat-burns in pocosin edges, primarily in the outer Coastal Plain, responding strongly to fire, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas

Uncommon

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LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly low alternate, 2-ranked

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Grain yellowish
Grain

 

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