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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Oplismenus setarius   FAMILY Poaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Oplismenus hirtellus ssp. setarius   FAMILY Poaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Oplismenus compositus

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)

Oplismenus hirtellus ssp. setarius

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

Oplismenus hirtellus ssp. setarius

INCLUDED WITHIN The genera of Paniceae (Gramineae: Panicoideae) in the se. US (Crins, 1991)

Oplismenus hirtellus

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-72-001:

Oplismenus setarius   FAMILY Poaceae

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

Oplismenus setarius

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

Oplismenus setarius

 

COMMON NAME:
Shortleaf Basketgrass, Woods-grass, Bristle Basketgrass


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image of Oplismenus setarius, Shortleaf Basketgrass, Woods-grass, Bristle Basketgrass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_opse_001_lvd

        

image of Oplismenus setarius, Shortleaf Basketgrass, Woods-grass, Bristle Basketgrass

Keith Bradley    kab_o_hirtellus_set_70501

October    Miami-Dade County    FL

Everglades National Park

Leaf length 1.5-6cm, the longest leaves with acute to acuminate tips (but not long-acuminate), per Weakley's Flora (2023).

image of Oplismenus setarius, Shortleaf Basketgrass, Woods-grass, Bristle Basketgrass

Keith Bradley    kab_o_hirtellus_set_70507

October    Miami-Dade County    FL

Everglades National Park

image of Oplismenus setarius, Shortleaf Basketgrass, Woods-grass, Bristle Basketgrass

Keith Bradley    kab_o_hirtellus_set_70511

October    Miami-Dade County    FL

Everglades National Park

Racemes subglobose, each w about 5 spikelets; awn of first glume 4-8mm long, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).

image of Oplismenus setarius, Shortleaf Basketgrass, Woods-grass, Bristle Basketgrass

Keith Bradley    kab_o_hirtellus_set_70519

October    Miami-Dade County    FL

Everglades National Park

More and deeper purple florets than the invasive Wavyleaf Basketgrass, per New Invaders of the Southeast (Rawlins et al., 2018).

image of Oplismenus setarius, Shortleaf Basketgrass, Woods-grass, Bristle Basketgrass

Keith Bradley    kab_o_hirtellus_set_70525

October    Miami-Dade County    FL

Everglades National Park

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Oplismenus setarius   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Oplismenus hirtellus ssp. setarius   FAMILY Poaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Oplismenus compositus

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Oplismenus hirtellus ssp. setarius

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Oplismenus hirtellus ssp. setarius

INCLUDED WITHIN The genera of Paniceae (Gramineae: Panicoideae) in the se. US (Crins, 1991)
Oplismenus hirtellus

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-72-001:
Oplismenus setarius   FAMILY Poaceae

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

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

 

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3802

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: hammocks, maritime forests, shell middens, moist forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall

Inflorescence a narrow panicle

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Yellowish
Grain

 

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