Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Mnesithea rugosa
FAMILY
Poaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Spikelets are tightly crowded one atop another and form a slender cylinder. Each spikelet has several horizontal pits on the glumes (vs. vertically-oriented pits in M. cylindrica). Learn more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Coelorachis rugosa
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Coelorachis rugosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)
Coelorachis rugosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Coelorachis rugosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-82-001:
Manisuris rugosa FAMILY Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Manisuris rugosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Manisuris rugosa
COMMON NAME:
Wrinkled Jointgrass
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_coru3_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_maru5_001_lvd
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Keith Bradley kab_co_rugosa_71558
October Miami-Dade County FL
Inflorescence section, with ridged spikelets.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Mnesithea rugosa
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Coelorachis rugosa
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Coelorachis rugosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Coelorachis rugosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Coelorachis rugosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-82-001:
Manisuris rugosa
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Manisuris rugosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Manisuris rugosa
3956
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Habitat: Limesink ponds (dolines), depression meadows, clay-based Carolina bays, wet pine savannas, wet pine flatwoods, marl prairies, disturbed areas (such as seeps in powerline rights-of-way), always in places with a seasonally high water-table, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in GA Coastal Plain, uncommon in Carolina Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly alternate, 2-ranked
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Inflorescences terminal and axillary spikes
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Grain
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