NameThatPlant.net: Leersia lenticularis

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Leersia lenticularis FAMILY Poaceae Go to FSUS key

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Learn more about Leersia from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Leersia lenticularis FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 24 (2007)

Leersia lenticularis

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-62-001:

Leersia lenticularis FAMILY Poaceae

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

Leersia lenticularis

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

Homalocenchrus lenticularis

COMMON NAME:
Catchfly Cutgrass, Oatmeal Grass

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image of Leersia lenticularis, Catchfly Cutgrass, Oatmeal Grass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_lele2_001_lvd

Panicle open, drooping, the branches ascending or spreading, naked below, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).

Keith Bradley kab_l_lenticularis_8107

October Richland County SC

Congaree National Park

Blades lax, 1-2cm wide. Panicle open; spikelets closely imbricate, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Leersia lenticularis FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Leersia lenticularis FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 24
Leersia lenticularis

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-62-001:
Leersia lenticularis FAMILY Poaceae

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

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

3546

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: floodplain forests and swamps, rarely in depression swamps and ponds, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain of GA & SC, uncommon in NC Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Leaf margins scabrous

LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
2 stamens

Inflorescence a panicle

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) p558

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