Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Polypogon monspeliensis
FAMILY
Poaceae
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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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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_pomo5_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_pomo5_003_lvd
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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
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)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
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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