OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sphenopholis obtusata   FAMILY Poaceae

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

Sphenopholis obtusata

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

Sphenopholis obtusata

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

Sphenopholis obtusata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)

Sphenopholis obtusata var. obtusata

INCLUDED WITHIN Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)

Sphenopholis obtusata

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-31-005:

Sphenopholis obtusata   FAMILY Poaceae

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

Sphenopholis obtusata

 

COMMON NAME:
Prairie Wedgegrass


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image of Sphenopholis obtusata, Prairie Wedgegrass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_spob_001_lvd

        

image of Sphenopholis obtusata, Prairie Wedgegrass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_spob_003_lvd

        

image of Sphenopholis obtusata, Prairie Wedgegrass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_spob_005_lvd

        

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sphenopholis obtusata   FAMILY Poaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 24
Sphenopholis obtusata

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Sphenopholis obtusata var. obtusata

INCLUDED WITHIN Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Sphenopholis obtusata

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-31-005:
Sphenopholis obtusata   FAMILY Poaceae

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

 

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4335

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: forests, roadsides, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (uncommon in Mountains)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate, 2-ranked

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer

Inflorescence a panicle, usually narrow & dense

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Grain yellowish
Grain

 

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