Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Sporobolus jacquemontii
FAMILY
Poaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sporobolus indicus var. pyramidalis
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Sporobolus pyramidalis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)
Sporobolus jacquemontii
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Sporobolus indicus var. pyramidalis
(?) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sporobolus berteroanus
COMMON NAME:
West Indian Dropseed
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Keith Bradley kab_s_jacquemontii_71772
June Monroe County FL
Culms 40-100cm. Blades 10-40cm long, 2-4mm wide, tapering to a fine point, per Grass Manual on the Web.
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Keith Bradley kab_s_jacquemontii_4139
August Miami-Dade County FL
Primary branches appressed to strongly ascending, spikelet-bearing to base, per Grass Manual on the Web.
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Keith Bradley kab_s_jacquemontii_4142
August Miami-Dade County FL
Panicles 14-35cm long, 0.4-3cm wide, contracted, interrupted, and rather lax, per Grass Manual on the Web.
COMPARE
seedheads of Sporobolus species
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Sporobolus jacquemontii
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sporobolus indicus var. pyramidalis
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Sporobolus pyramidalis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Sporobolus jacquemontii
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Sporobolus indicus var. pyramidalis
(?)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sporobolus berteroanus
4088
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Habitat: pine flatwoods, beaches, roadsides on barrier islands, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: New World tropics & subtropics & ? the exact extent of the range unclear
Rare
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly basal
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Densely cespitose [growing in dense tufts, clumping], not rhizomatous
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Inflorescence a spikelike panicle
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Utricle
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