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

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eragrostis capillaris   FAMILY Poaceae

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

Eragrostis capillaris

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

Eragrostis capillaris

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-11-006:

Eragrostis capillaris   FAMILY Poaceae

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

Eragrostis capillaris

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

Eragrostis capillaris

 

COMMON NAME:
Lace Lovegrass, Lacegrass


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image of Eragrostis capillaris, Lace Lovegrass, Lacegrass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_erca_001_lvd

        

image of Eragrostis capillaris, Lace Lovegrass, Lacegrass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_erca_002_lvd

        

image of Eragrostis capillaris, Lace Lovegrass, Lacegrass

Gill Newberry    gn09_e_capillaris

September        

image of Eragrostis capillaris, Lace Lovegrass, Lacegrass

Gill Newberry    gn09_e_capillaris_plant

September        

Panicle open, diffuse, usually 2/3 the entire height of the plant, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).

image of Eragrostis capillaris, Lace Lovegrass, Lacegrass

Gill Newberry    gn09_eragrostis_habitat

September        

image of Eragrostis capillaris, Lace Lovegrass, Lacegrass

JK Marlow    jkm231030_6418

October    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

Panicles very long and wide, very diffuse; the branches capillary, but not flexuous, per The Grasses of North Carolina (Blomquist, 1948).

image of Eragrostis capillaris, Lace Lovegrass, Lacegrass

JK Marlow    jkm231030_6420

October    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

Spikelets long-pediceled, 2-4 flowered, 2-3mm long, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).

image of Eragrostis capillaris, Lace Lovegrass, Lacegrass

JK Marlow    jkm231030_6421

October    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

Spikelets (1.4)2-5mm long, ovate to lanceolate, lead-colored, occ reddish-purple, w 2-5(7) florets, per Flora of North America.

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eragrostis capillaris   FAMILY Poaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Eragrostis capillaris

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-11-006:
Eragrostis capillaris   FAMILY Poaceae

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

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3542

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Annual

Habitat: Fields, roadsides, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Mountains, uncommon in Piedmont, rare in Coastal Plain

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & low alternate, 2-ranked

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Spikelets dark

Inflorescence a panicle

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Grain reddish
Grain

 

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