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
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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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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).
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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
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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