Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Coleataenia anceps ssp. anceps
FAMILY
Poaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Coleataenia from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Panicum anceps
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Panicum anceps ssp. anceps
INCLUDED WITHIN
The Biota of North America Program. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Coleataenia 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
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Panicum anceps
COMMON NAME:
Beaked Panicum, Beaked Panicgrass
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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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).
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_paan_002_lvd
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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.
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JK Marlow jkm220607_8340
June Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm190724_0123
July Greenville County SC
Leaves erect to drooping tips, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
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JK Marlow jkm220705_8896
July Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm0508f_09
August Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
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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.
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JK Marlow jkm0508g_24
August Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm0508g_37
August Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm190802_0511
August Greenville County SC
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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.
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Keith Bradley kab_c_anceps_anceps_4331
September Newberry County SC
Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District
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JK Marlow jkm0410n_14b
October Oconee County SC
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JK Marlow jkm081102_172
November Edgefield County SC
Utility right-of-way
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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.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
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
INCLUDED WITHIN
The Biota of North America Program. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Coleataenia 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
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Panicum anceps
1014
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common
Look for it in moist sandy woods, swamps, sloughs, roadsides, fields, waste places, often weedy, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate, 2-ranked
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Spikelets light green
Inflorescence a panicle
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Grain purplish, blackish
Grain
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses p238
- Manual of the Grasses of the United States p702
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p401