Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Coleataenia rigidula ssp. condensa
FAMILY
Poaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Subspecies condensa has strongly ascending to appressed inflorescence branches, whereas subspecies rigidula has an open inflorescence with spreading branches. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Panicum rigidulum var. rigidulum
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)
Coleataenia condensa
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)
Panicum rigidulum ssp. rigidulum
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-81-004b:
Panicum agrostoides var. condensum FAMILY Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum condensum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Panicum condensum
COMMON NAME:
Dense Panicgrass
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_paco19_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_paco19_002_lhd
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_coleataenia_condensa1
October Dare County NC
Usually readily identified by its tall stature and compact inflorescence, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_coleataenia_condensa3
October Dare County NC
Somewhat resembling a large Panicum hemitomon, with which it occa. occurs, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Coleataenia rigidula ssp. condensa
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Panicum rigidulum var. rigidulum
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)
Coleataenia condensa
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Panicum rigidulum ssp. rigidulum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-81-004b:
Panicum agrostoides var. condensum
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum condensum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Panicum condensum
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Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Habitat: marshes, meadows, low woods, ditches, stream and pond shores, freshwater tidal shores, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon in Carolinas, rare in GA
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate, 2-ranked
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Cespitose [growing in dense tufts, clumping], not rhizomatous
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Spikelets greenish-purple
Inflorescence a narrow panicle
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Grain purplish to blackish
Grain
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