Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Eustachys petraea
FAMILY
Poaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Eustachys from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eustachys petraea
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Eustachys petraea
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)
Eustachys petraea
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-55-003:
Chloris petraea FAMILY Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Chloris petraea
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Chloris petraea
COMMON NAME:
Dune Fingergrass, Pinewoods Fingergrass
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_chpe8_001_lvd
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Keith Bradley kab_e_petraea_08539
April Miami-Dade County FL
3-6 spikes arise at about the same point at stem end. Stems often decumbent, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).
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Keith Bradley kab_e_petraea_71533
October Miami-Dade County FL
Spikelets closely arranged on 2 sides of a 3-sided spike, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).
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Keith Bradley kab_e_petraea_71535
October Miami-Dade County FL
Lemma mucronate, short-ciliate on the nerves, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Eustachys petraea
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eustachys petraea
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Eustachys petraea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Eustachys petraea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-55-003:
Chloris petraea
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Chloris petraea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Chloris petraea
3936
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Habitat: dune slacks and sand flats, also in disturbed areas (especially southward), per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate, distinctly 2-ranked
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomes short
FLOWER:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Flowers in spikes
FRUIT:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950) p520
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p149
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