Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Chrysopogon pauciflorus
FAMILY
Poaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Chrysopogon pauciflorus
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Chrysopogon pauciflorus
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)
Chrysopogon pauciflorus
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Chrysopogon pauciflorus
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rhaphis pauciflora
COMMON NAME:
Florida Goldbeard, Florida Rhaphis, Florida Beardgrass
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_chpa11_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Chrysopogon pauciflorus
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Chrysopogon pauciflorus
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Chrysopogon pauciflorus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Chrysopogon pauciflorus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Chrysopogon pauciflorus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rhaphis pauciflora
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Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Annual
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, pine flatwoods, disturbed sandy areas, per Weakley's Flora
Native to Florida, the Carolina occurrences plausible either as native, disjunct occurrences or as i
Waif(s)
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate? 2-ranked
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Inflorescence an open panicle
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
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