Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Nassella trichotoma
FAMILY
Poaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Leaf blades are convolute, stiff, and scabrous. Flowering stems are less than 2' tall, the inflorescence occupying much of it, open and sparsely branched. Each spikelet has a single floret with a very long awn, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Nassella trichotoma
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Nassella trichotoma
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 24 (2007)
Nassella trichotoma
SYNONYMOUS WITH -
Stipa trichotoma
COMMON NAME:
Serrated Tussockgrass, Nassella Tussock, Yass River Tussock
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Nassella trichotoma
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Nassella trichotoma
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Nassella trichotoma
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 24
Nassella trichotoma
SYNONYMOUS WITH
-
Stipa trichotoma
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