Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Echinochloa walteri
FAMILY
Poaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Echinochloa from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Echinochloa walteri
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Echinochloa walteri
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)
Echinochloa walteri
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-73-003:
Echinochloa walteri FAMILY Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Echinochloa walteri
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Echinochloa walteri
COMMON NAME:
Swamp Barnyard-grass, Coast Cockspur-grass
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_ecwa_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_ecwa_003_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_ecwa_005_lvd
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Keith Bradley kab_e_walteri_1300
May Miami-Dade County FL
Panicle branches spikelike, spikelets congested on short secondary branches, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).
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Keith Bradley kab_e_walteri_71748
August Miami-Dade County FL
Tip of the fertile lemma is abuptly pointed & doesn't enclose tip of palea, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).
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Keith Bradley kab_ewalteri_71753
August Miami-Dade County FL
Fertile lemma hard, shiny and smooth (as in Paspalum, Panicum, Sacciolepis), per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Echinochloa walteri
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Echinochloa walteri
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Echinochloa walteri
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Echinochloa walteri
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-73-003:
Echinochloa walteri
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Echinochloa walteri
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Echinochloa walteri
3942
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Annual
Habitat: marshes of many kinds, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain (rare in Piedmont)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Inflorescence a panicle
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Grain whitish
Grain
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950) p715
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p144
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