Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Coleataenia from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Coleataenia anceps ssp. anceps
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Panicum anceps
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Panicum anceps ssp. anceps
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-81-001a:
Panicum anceps var. anceps
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum anceps
COMMON NAME:
Beaked Panicum, Beaked Panicgrass
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_paan_001_lvd
The leaves of ssp. rhizomata tend to be hairier than those of ssp. anceps, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
JK Marlow jkm060528_077
May Greenville County SC
Alternate & crowded near base (no rosette), flat, 20-40cm long, 6-12mm wide, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
JK Marlow jkm190724_0123
July Greenville County SC
Leaves erect to drooping tips, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
JK Marlow jkm0508f_20b
August Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
Split from Panicum because of its subsessile spikelets, among other things, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
JK Marlow s050821_c
August Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
Rather crowded somewhat curved subsecund spikelets, set obliquely, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
Keith Bradley kab_c_anceps_anceps_4331
September Newberry County SC
Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District
JK Marlow jkm0412b_07b
December Greenville County SC
Bunched Arrowhead Heritage Preserve
Panicles 15-40cm long, the slender remote branches somewhat spreading, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.