Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Coleataenia tenera
FAMILY
Poaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Panicum tenerum
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Coleataenia tenera
SYNONYMOUS WITH A phylogenetic evaluation of Panicum sects. Agrostoidea, Megista, Prionita and Tenera (Panicoideae, Poaceae): two new genera, Stephostachys and Sorengia (Zuloaga, Scataglini, Morrone. 2010)
Sorengia tenera
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)
Panicum tenerum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Panicum tenerum
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-81-021:
Panicum tenerum FAMILY Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum tenerum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Panicum tenerum
COMMON NAME:
Southeastern Panicgrass
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_pate3_001_lhd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Coleataenia tenera
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Panicum tenerum
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Coleataenia tenera
SYNONYMOUS WITH
A phylogenetic evaluation of Panicum sects. Agrostoidea, Megista, Prionita and Tenera (Panicoideae, Poaceae): two new genera, Stephostachys and Sorengia (Zuloaga, Scataglini, Morrone. 2010)
Sorengia tenera
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Panicum tenerum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Panicum tenerum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-81-021:
Panicum tenerum
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum tenerum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Panicum tenerum
4568
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Habitat: Limesink ponds, depression meadows, cypress savannas, wet pinelands, bogs, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon in Carolina Coastal Plain (rare in GA)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Basal & alternate, 2-ranked
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Cespitose [growing in dense tufts, clumping], with short rhizomes
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Inflorescence a narrow panicle
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Grain lustrous black
Grain
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