Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Eragrostis hypnoides
FAMILY
Poaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eragrostis hypnoides
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Eragrostis hypnoides
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)
Eragrostis hypnoides
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-11-005:
Eragrostis hypnoides FAMILY Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Eragrostis hypnoides
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Eragrostis hypnoides
COMMON NAME:
Creeping Lovegrass, Teal Lovegrass
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_erhy_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_erhy_003_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_erhy_004_lvd
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmehypnoides_cp2
Month Unknown Barnwell County SC
A branching, creeping, matlike annual, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Eragrostis hypnoides
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eragrostis hypnoides
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Eragrostis hypnoides
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Eragrostis hypnoides
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-11-005:
Eragrostis hypnoides
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Eragrostis hypnoides
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Eragrostis hypnoides
2432
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Annual
Habitat: marshes, shores, riverbanks, shores, impoundments, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon (rare in Mountains)
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Spikelets light green
Bisexual
Inflorescence a panicle
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Grain reddish
Grain
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