OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sporobolus teretifolius   FAMILY Poaceae

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

Sporobolus teretifolius

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

Sporobolus teretifolius

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

Sporobolus teretifolius

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-44-002:

Sporobolus teretifolius   FAMILY Poaceae

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

Sporobolus teretifolius

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

Sporobolus teretifolius

 

COMMON NAME:
Wireleaf Dropseed


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image of Sporobolus teretifolius, Wireleaf Dropseed

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_spte4_001_lvd

        

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sporobolus teretifolius   FAMILY Poaceae

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

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

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

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-44-002:
Sporobolus teretifolius   FAMILY Poaceae

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

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

4378

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: Wet savannas, pitcherplant bogs, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal

RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Cespitose [growing in dense tufts, clumping]

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Panicle purple, purplish

Inflorescence an open panicle

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Grain yellowish
Utricle

 

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