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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Eriochloa michauxii var. michauxii   FAMILY Poaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eriochloa michauxii var. michauxii   FAMILY Poaceae

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

Eriochloa michauxii var. michauxii

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

Eriochloa michauxii var. michauxii

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

Eriochloa michauxii var. michauxii

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Eriochloa michauxii

 

COMMON NAME:
Longleaf Cupgrass


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image of Eriochloa michauxii var. michauxii, Longleaf Cupgrass

Keith Bradley    kab_e_michauxii_79916

September    Highlands County    FL

Kissimmee Prairie State Park

Axis & raceme rachises densely velvety-pubescent; spikelets appressed-villous, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).

image of Eriochloa michauxii var. michauxii, Longleaf Cupgrass

Keith Bradley    kab_e_michauxii_70452

October    Miami-Dade County    FL

Everglades National Park

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Eriochloa michauxii var. michauxii   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eriochloa michauxii var. michauxii   FAMILY Poaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Eriochloa michauxii var. michauxii

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Eriochloa michauxii var. michauxii

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Eriochloa michauxii

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3950

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: Coastal freshwater and slightly brackish marshes, pine flatwoods, pine rocklands, Florida prairies, per Weakley's Flora

Native to South Carolina & Georgia

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked

RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Cespitose [growing in dense tufts, clumping], rhizomatous

FLOWER:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall

Inflorescences terminal, open panicles

FRUIT:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Grain

 

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