OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

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



(?) PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Muhlenbergia filipes   FAMILY Poaceae

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

Muhlenbergia sericea

INCLUDED WITHIN Grasses of Florida (Hall, 2019)

Muhlenbergia sericea

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

Muhlenbergia sericea

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

Muhlenbergia capillaris var. filipes

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-45-002?:

Muhlenbergia capillaris   FAMILY Poaceae

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

Muhlenbergia capillaris var. filipes

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

Muhlenbergia capillaris var. filipes

 

COMMON NAME:
Dune Hairgrass, Sweetgrass


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image of Muhlenbergia sericea, Dune Hairgrass, Sweetgrass

Bruce A. Sorrie    bas_muhlenbergia_sericea1

September    Dare County    NC

image of Muhlenbergia sericea, Dune Hairgrass, Sweetgrass

Bruce A. Sorrie    bas_muhlenbergia_sericea2

September    Dare County    NC

Inflorescence a loose, limber panicle that turns pinkish when mature, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).

image of Muhlenbergia sericea, Dune Hairgrass, Sweetgrass

JK Marlow    jkm231104_6558

November    Horry County    SC

Myrtle Beach State Park

image of Muhlenbergia sericea, Dune Hairgrass, Sweetgrass

JK Marlow    jkm231104_6559

November    Horry County    SC

Myrtle Beach State Park

M. sericea is commonly cultivated and sold under the erroneous name of M. capillaris, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022).

 

 

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

(?) PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Muhlenbergia filipes   FAMILY Poaceae

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

INCLUDED WITHIN Grasses of Florida (Hall, 2019)
Muhlenbergia sericea

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Muhlenbergia sericea

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Muhlenbergia capillaris var. filipes

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-45-002?:
Muhlenbergia capillaris   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Muhlenbergia capillaris var. filipes

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Muhlenbergia capillaris var. filipes

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3104

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: Maritime dry grasslands, maritime wet grasslands, interdune swales, low dunes, sometimes edges of freshwater or brackish marshes, northwards in its distribution (in NC and SC) apparently limited to the barrier islands (sometimes in close proximity with M. capillaris), sometimes locally abundant, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon

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LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly basal

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Spikelets usually purplish

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Grain purplish
Grain

 

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