Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Phanopyrum gymnocarpon
FAMILY
Poaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Phanopyrum gymnocarpon
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Grasses of Florida (Hall, 2019)
Phanopyrum gymnocarpon
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)
Panicum gymnocarpon
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-81-015:
Panicum gymnocarpon FAMILY Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum gymnocarpon
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Panicum gymnocarpon
COMMON NAME:
Swamp Phanopyrum, Savanna Phanopyrum, Savanna Panicgrass
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Keith Bradley kab_p_gymnocarpon_06400
March Collier County FL
Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park
Panicles of several to many stiffly ascending racemes along a main axis, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Phanopyrum gymnocarpon
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Phanopyrum gymnocarpon
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Grasses of Florida (Hall, 2019)
Phanopyrum gymnocarpon
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Panicum gymnocarpon
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-81-015:
Panicum gymnocarpon
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum gymnocarpon
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Panicum gymnocarpon
2252
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Annual
Habitat: swamps, seasonally flooded soils of cypress-gum sloughs, tidal (freshwater) cypress-gum swamps, disturbed wet soils, low woods, ditches, muddy banks of streams and lakes, sinks, floodplains, and marshes, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain of GA & SC, uncommon in NC, rare in Piedmont
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Inflorescence a panicle
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Grain purplish
Grain
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