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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polypogon monspeliensis   FAMILY Poaceae

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

Polypogon monspeliensis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 24 (2007)

Polypogon monspeliensis

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

Polypogon monspeliensis

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-41-001:

Polypogon monspeliensis   FAMILY Poaceae

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

Polypogon monspeliensis

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

Polypogon monspeliensis

 

COMMON NAME:
Annual Rabbitfoot Grass, Beardgrass, Annual Beardgrass


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image of Polypogon monspeliensis, Annual Rabbitfoot Grass, Beardgrass, Annual Beardgrass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_pomo5_001_lvd

        

image of Polypogon monspeliensis, Annual Rabbitfoot Grass, Beardgrass, Annual Beardgrass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_pomo5_003_lvd

        

image of Polypogon monspeliensis, Annual Rabbitfoot Grass, Beardgrass, Annual Beardgrass

Keith Bradley    kab_p_monspeliensis_72777

February    Miami-Dade County    FL

Panicle dense, spikelike, 2-15cm long, 1-2cm wide, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polypogon monspeliensis   FAMILY Poaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 24
Polypogon monspeliensis

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-41-001:
Polypogon monspeliensis   FAMILY Poaceae

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

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

 

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4117

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Annual

Habitat: Brackish marshes, fields, nurseries, hammocks, other disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: southern Europe to western Asia

Common in Coastal Plain (uncommon in NC; rare in GA Piedmont)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate, 2-ranked

RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Cespitose [growing in dense tufts, clumping], not rhizomatous

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Panicle green
3 stamens
Bisexual

Inflorescence a dense, spikelike panicle

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Tawmy yellow when mature

 

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