Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Sacciolepis striata
FAMILY
Poaceae
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Learn more about Sacciolepis from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sacciolepis striata
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Sacciolepis striata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)
Sacciolepis striata
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-80-001:
Sacciolepis striata FAMILY Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Sacciolepis striata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sacciolepis striata
COMMON NAME:
American Cupscale
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_sast_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_sast_003_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_sast_004_lvd
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Keith Bradley kab_s_striata_7580
October SC
Inflorescence a slender panicle w branches so short it may appear spikelike, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Sacciolepis striata
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sacciolepis striata
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Sacciolepis striata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Sacciolepis striata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-80-001:
Sacciolepis striata
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Sacciolepis striata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sacciolepis striata
4064
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Habitat: marshes (especially tidal oligohaline), interdune swales, ditches, swamps, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Stoloniferous
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Inflorescence a narrowly cylindric panicle
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Grain grayish
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950) p708
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p144
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