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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Sporobolus curtissii   FAMILY Poaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sporobolus curtissii   FAMILY Poaceae

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

Sporobolus curtissii

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

Sporobolus curtissii

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Sporobolus curtissii

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

Sporobolus curtissii

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

Sporobolus curtissii

 

COMMON NAME:
Curtiss's Dropseed


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image of Sporobolus curtissii, Curtiss's Dropseed

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_spcu_001_lvd

        

image of Sporobolus curtissii, Curtiss's Dropseed

JK Marlow    jkm160417_368

April    Coffee County    GA

Broxton Rocks Preserve

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Sporobolus curtissii   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sporobolus curtissii   FAMILY Poaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Sporobolus curtissii

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Sporobolus curtissii

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sporobolus curtissii

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

4008

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: Moist, gummy-clay pine flatwoods, per Weakley's Flora

Native to South Carolina & Georgia

Common in GA Coastal Plain (rare in SC)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked, often also basal

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Spikelets purplish

Inflorescence an open panicle

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Spikelets purplish, fading tan
Utricle

 

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