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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Dinebra panicea ssp. mucronata   FAMILY Poaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Leptochloa panicea ssp. mucronata   FAMILY Poaceae

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

Dinebra panicea ssp. mucronata

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

Leptochloa panicea ssp. mucronata

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas (Correll & Johnston, 1970)

Leptochloa filiformis

 

COMMON NAME:
Red Spangletop


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image of Dinebra panicea ssp. mucronata, Red Spangletop

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_leat_001_lvd

        

image of Dinebra panicea ssp. mucronata, Red Spangletop

Keith Bradley    kab_d_panicea_mucron_0985

May    Miami-Dade County    FL

Panicle of numerous approximate slender racemes, ~ half the length of culm, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Dinebra panicea ssp. mucronata   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Leptochloa panicea ssp. mucronata   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Dinebra panicea ssp. mucronata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Leptochloa panicea ssp. mucronata

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas (Correll & Johnston, 1970)
Leptochloa filiformis

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3925

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Annual/Perennial

Habitat: Sandy shores, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Native to Alabama

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked, occasionally in basal rosettes

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall

Inflorescences terminal panicles of spikelike branches

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Grain

 

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