Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Festuca paradoxa
FAMILY
Poaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Festuca paradoxa
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 24 (2007)
Festuca paradoxa
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-18-008:
Festuca paradoxa FAMILY Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Festuca paradoxa
(?) (MISAPPLIED) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Festuca shortii
COMMON NAME:
Cluster Fescue
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_fepa2_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Festuca paradoxa
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Festuca paradoxa
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 24
Festuca paradoxa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-18-008:
Festuca paradoxa
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Festuca paradoxa
(?) (MISAPPLIED)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Festuca shortii
2249
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Habitat: Bottomlands and moist uplands over mafic or calcareous rock, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Carolina Piedmont, uncommon to rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
3 stamens
Inflorescence a panicle
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Grain dark red
Grain
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