Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Dinebra panicea ssp. brachiata
FAMILY
Poaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Leptochloa panicea ssp. brachiata
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Dinebra panicea ssp. brachiata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)
Leptochloa panicea ssp. brachiata
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-56-001:
Leptochloa filiformis FAMILY Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Leptochloa filiformis
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Leptochloa filiformis
COMMON NAME:
Red Sprangletop
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_lefi_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_lefi_002_lvd
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_l_panicea_brachiata_1
September Catawba County NC
Leaf blades flat, thin, as much as 1cm wide, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_l_panicea_brachiata_2
September Catawba County NC
Panicle of numerous approximate slender racemes, ~ half the length of culm, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Dinebra panicea ssp. brachiata
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Leptochloa panicea ssp. brachiata
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Dinebra panicea ssp. brachiata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Leptochloa panicea ssp. brachiata
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-56-001:
Leptochloa filiformis
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Leptochloa filiformis
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Leptochloa filiformis
805
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Annual
Habitat: Sandy fields, disturbed bottomlands, agricultural fields, other disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon (rare in GA Coastal Plain)
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Lemmas purplish
Inflorescence composed of racemosely arranged spikes
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Grain reddish
Grain
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