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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Imperata brasiliensis   FAMILY Poaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Imperata brasiliensis   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Imperata brasiliensis

INCLUDED WITHIN Grasses of Florida (Hall, 2019)

Imperata cylindrica

SYNONYMOUS WITH New combinations in the Florida flora II (Ward, 2004)

Imperata cylindrica var. mexicana

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)

Imperata brasiliensis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Imperata brasiliensis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)

Imperata brasiliensis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Imperata brasiliensis

 

COMMON NAME:
Brazilian Satintail


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image of Imperata brasiliensis, Brazilian Satintail

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_imbr_001_lvd

        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Imperata brasiliensis   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Imperata brasiliensis   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Imperata brasiliensis

INCLUDED WITHIN Grasses of Florida (Hall, 2019)
Imperata cylindrica

SYNONYMOUS WITH New combinations in the Florida flora II (Ward, 2004)
Imperata cylindrica var. mexicana

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Imperata brasiliensis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Imperata brasiliensis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Imperata brasiliensis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Imperata brasiliensis

 

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4811

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: Pine rocklands, mesic flatwoods, per Weakley's Flora

Native: south Florida

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LEAVES:
Simple
Most leaves arising from near the base, with overlapping sheaths

RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomatous, forming clonal colonies

FLOWER:
Spring
Spikelets with silvery-white hairs

FRUIT:
Spring?
Grain brown
Grain

 

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