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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Aristida condensata
FAMILY
Poaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Aristida condensata
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)
Aristida condensata
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-38-011:
Aristida condensata FAMILY Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Aristida condensata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aristida condensata
COMMON NAME:
Big Three-awn
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_arco7_001_lvd
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Keith Bradley kab_a_condensata_7995
October Richland County SC
Sesquicentennial State Park
Panicle narrow, as much as 30cm long, the branches closely flowered, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).
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Keith Bradley kab_a_condensata_2784
November Miami-Dade County FL
Culms rather robust, a meter or more tall, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).
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Keith Bradley kab_a_condensata_2784_2
November Miami-Dade County FL
Awns equal, divergent, 10-15mm long, the base more or less contorted, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Aristida condensata
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Aristida condensata
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Aristida condensata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-38-011:
Aristida condensata
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Aristida condensata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aristida condensata
3855
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Habitat: Dry sandy soils of longleaf pine sandhills, sandy pine rocklands of s. FL, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Rare
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LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly low alternate, 2-ranked
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Panicle greenish
Inflorescence a panicle
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Grain olive
Grain
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