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

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Echinochloa colona   FAMILY Poaceae

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

Echinochloa colona

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

Echinochloa colona

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-73-001:

Echinochloa colonum   FAMILY Poaceae

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

Echinochloa colonum

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

Echinochloa colona

 

COMMON NAME:
Jungle-rice


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image of Echinochloa colonum, Jungle-rice

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_ecco2_001_lvd

        

image of Echinochloa colonum, Jungle-rice

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_ecco2_003_lvd

        

image of Echinochloa colonum, Jungle-rice

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_ecco2_004_lvd

        

image of Echinochloa colonum, Jungle-rice

Keith Bradley    kab_e_colonum_3949

August    Miami-Dade County    FL

Panicle 5-15cm long; racemes 1-2cm long, appressed or ascending, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Echinochloa colona   FAMILY Poaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Echinochloa colona

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-73-001:
Echinochloa colonum   FAMILY Poaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Echinochloa colona

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3941

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Annual

Habitat: Fields, ditches, disturbed wet areas, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Old World tropics

Uncommon (common in NC Coastal Plain) (rare in NC Mountains)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked

FLOWER:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall

Inflorescence a narrow panicle

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

 

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