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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Eragrostis pilosa var. pilosa
FAMILY
Poaceae
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INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eragrostis pilosa
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Eragrostis pilosa var. pilosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)
Eragrostis pilosa var. pilosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-11-011:
Eragrostis pilosa FAMILY Poaceae
INCLUDING Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Eragrostis multicaulis
INCLUDING Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Eragrostis pilosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Eragrostis pilosa
COMMON NAME:
India Lovegrass
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_ermu5_001_lhd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_erpi2_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_erpi2_002_lhd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Eragrostis pilosa var. pilosa
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eragrostis pilosa
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Eragrostis pilosa var. pilosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Eragrostis pilosa var. pilosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-11-011:
Eragrostis pilosa
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Eragrostis multicaulis
INCLUDING
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Eragrostis pilosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Eragrostis pilosa
2248
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Annual
Habitat: Fields, roadsides, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Tropics
Common
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & low alternate, 2-ranked
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Spikelets dark green
Inflorescence a panicle
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Grain reddish
Grain
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