Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Festuca octoflora var. octoflora
FAMILY
Poaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Our annual species of Festuca are by some authors placed in the genus Vulpia; they have a single stamen (vs. perennial with 3 stamens) per the Vascular Plants of North Carolina website.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vulpia octoflora var. octoflora
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 24 (2007)
Vulpia octoflora var. octoflora
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-18-002:
Festuca octoflora FAMILY Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Festuca octoflora var. octoflora
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Festuca octoflora
COMMON NAME:
Southern Six-weeks Fescue
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_feoc3_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_feoc3_002_lvd
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_vulpia_octoflora1
April Dare County NC
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_vulpia_octoflora2
April Dare County NC
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_v_octoflora_oct_0659
May Lincoln County NC
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_v_octoflora_oct_0663
May Lincoln County NC
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_v_octoflora_oct_0671
May Lincoln County NC
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_v_octoflora_oct_0671b
May Lincoln County NC
Lemma awns 0.3-6(9)mm long; spikelets w 5-11(-more) closely imbricate florets, per Weakley's Flora.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Festuca octoflora var. octoflora
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vulpia octoflora var. octoflora
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 24
Vulpia octoflora var. octoflora
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-18-002:
Festuca octoflora
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Festuca octoflora var. octoflora
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Festuca octoflora
1961
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Annual
Habitat: Fields, roadsides, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (uncommon in Mountains of GA & SC) (uncommon in GA Piedmont)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Low alternate, 2-ranked
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
1 stamen
Inflorescence a panicle
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Grain red
Grain
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
If a search such as "Carex leptalea var. leptalea" doesn't deliver the results you want, try "Carex leptalea".
Or, to minimize chances of a misspelling, try just "Carex le".
Less is more: If "pencil flower" doesn't deliver the results you want, try "pencil".