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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Agrostis elliottiana   FAMILY Poaceae

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

Agrostis elliottiana

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-46-003:

Agrostis elliottiana   FAMILY Poaceae

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

Agrostis elliottiana

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

Agrostis elliottiana

 

COMMON NAME:
Elliott's Bentgrass, Southern Bentgrass


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image of Agrostis elliottiana, Elliott's Bentgrass, Southern Bentgrass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_agel4_001_lvd

        

image of Agrostis elliottiana, Elliott's Bentgrass, Southern Bentgrass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_agel4_002_lvd

        

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Agrostis elliottiana   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 24
Agrostis elliottiana

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-46-003:
Agrostis elliottiana   FAMILY Poaceae

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

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2681

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Annual

Habitat: Dry soils of barrens, fields, and rock outcrops, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon (rare in Coastal Plain) (rare in GA Mountains)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly low alternate, 2-ranked

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer

Inflorescence a panicle

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Grain yellowish
Grain

 

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