Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Eragrostis capillaris
FAMILY
Poaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eragrostis capillaris
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Eragrostis capillaris
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)
Eragrostis capillaris
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-11-006:
Eragrostis capillaris FAMILY Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Eragrostis capillaris
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Eragrostis capillaris
COMMON NAME:
Lace Lovegrass, Lacegrass
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_erca_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_erca_002_lvd
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Gill Newberry gn09_e_capillaris
September
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Gill Newberry gn09_e_capillaris_plant
September
Panicle open, diffuse, usually 2/3 the entire height of the plant, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).
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Gill Newberry gn09_eragrostis_habitat
September
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JK Marlow jkm231030_6418
October Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
Panicles very long and wide, very diffuse; the branches capillary, but not flexuous, per The Grasses of North Carolina (Blomquist, 1948).
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JK Marlow jkm231030_6420
October Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
Spikelets long-pediceled, 2-4 flowered, 2-3mm long, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).
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JK Marlow jkm231030_6421
October Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
Spikelets (1.4)2-5mm long, ovate to lanceolate, lead-colored, occ reddish-purple, w 2-5(7) florets, per Flora of North America.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Eragrostis capillaris
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eragrostis capillaris
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Eragrostis capillaris
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Eragrostis capillaris
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-11-006:
Eragrostis capillaris
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Eragrostis capillaris
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Eragrostis capillaris
3542
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Annual
Habitat: Fields, roadsides, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Mountains, uncommon in Piedmont, rare in Coastal Plain
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & low alternate, 2-ranked
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Spikelets dark
Inflorescence a panicle
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Grain reddish
Grain
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