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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Sporobolus compositus var. compositus   FAMILY Poaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sporobolus compositus var. compositus   FAMILY Poaceae

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

Sporobolus compositus var. compositus

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)

Sporobolus compositus var. compositus

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

Sporobolus compositus var. compositus

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

Sporobolus asper var. asper

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

Sporobolus asper

 

COMMON NAME:
Tall Dropseed


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image of Sporobolus compositus var. compositus, Tall Dropseed

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_spas_001_lvd

        

image of Sporobolus compositus var. compositus, Tall Dropseed

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_spas_002_lvd

        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Sporobolus compositus var. compositus   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sporobolus compositus var. compositus   FAMILY Poaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Sporobolus compositus var. compositus

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Sporobolus compositus var. compositus

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Sporobolus asper var. asper

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

4336

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: diabase glades and barrens, limestone glades and barrens, disturbed areas over diabase or calcareous rocks, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate, not 2-ranked

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall

Inflorescence a spikelike panicle

FRUIT:
Utricle

 

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