Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Leersia lenticularis
FAMILY
Poaceae
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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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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).
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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
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