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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Setaria corrugata   FAMILY Poaceae

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

Setaria corrugata

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-68-006:

Setaria corrugata   FAMILY Poaceae

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

Setaria corrugata

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

Chaetochloa corrugata

 

COMMON NAME:
Coastal Plain Bristlegrass


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image of Setaria corrugata, Coastal Plain Bristlegrass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_seco4_001_lvd

        

image of Setaria corrugata, Coastal Plain Bristlegrass

Keith Bradley    kab_s_corrugata_8155

October    Calhoun County    SC

Congaree Bluffs Heritage Preserve

Bristles green or purple, to 2cm long - much exceeding the spikelets, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).

image of Setaria corrugata, Coastal Plain Bristlegrass

Keith Bradley    kab_s_corrugata_8155b

October    Calhoun County    SC

Congaree Bluffs Heritage Preserve

Bristles 1-3 below each spikelet, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Setaria corrugata   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Setaria corrugata

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-68-006:
Setaria corrugata   FAMILY Poaceae

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

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

 

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3698

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Annual

Habitat: Pinelands, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain (uncommon in NC)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked

RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Cespitose [growing in dense tufts, clumping]

FLOWER:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Bristles greenish or purplish

Inflorescence a dense, spikelike panicle

FRUIT:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Grain dark
Grain

 

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