Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Sorghastrum elliottii
FAMILY
Poaceae
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Learn more about Sorghastrum from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sorghastrum elliottii
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Sorghastrum elliottii
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)
Sorghastrum elliottii
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Sorghastrum elliottii
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-89-003:
Sorghastrum elliottii FAMILY Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Sorghastrum elliottii
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sorghastrum elliottii
COMMON NAME:
Elliot's Indiangrass, Slender Indiangrass, Nodding Indiangrass
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_soel3_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_soel3_002_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm0510d_17b
October Pickens County SC
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JK Marlow jkm231010_5900
October Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm231010_5905
October Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm231024_6240
October Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
Spikelets 6-7mm long, the awns 25-35mm long, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).
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JK Marlow s071020_k
October Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow s071020_k2
October Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm111113_444
November Chester County SC
Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District
Panicle loose, nodding at apex, the filiform branchlets flexuous, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).
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JK Marlow jkm111113_446
November Chester County SC
Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District
Culms more slender than S. nutans, without rhizomes, blades narrower, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).
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JK Marlow jkm111113_449
November Chester County SC
Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District
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JK Marlow jkm111113_460
November Chester County SC
Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District
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JK Marlow jkm111113_467
November Chester County SC
Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District
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Bill Stringer wcssorgastelliot_headb
November Pickens County SC
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Sorghastrum elliottii
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sorghastrum elliottii
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Sorghastrum elliottii
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Sorghastrum elliottii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Sorghastrum elliottii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-89-003:
Sorghastrum elliottii
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Sorghastrum elliottii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sorghastrum elliottii
2032
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Habitat: woodlands and forests, river-scour areas, including oak-hickory forests and woodlands over mafic rocks, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (uncommon to rare in Mountains)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly low alternate, 2-ranked
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Spikelets chestnut-brown
Inflorescence a panicle of racemes
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Grain reddish
Grain
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950) p777
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p142
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p415
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p401
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p097
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