Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Sorghastrum elliottii
FAMILY
Poaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Sorghastrum from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sorghastrum elliottii
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-89-003:
Sorghastrum elliottii
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Sorghastrum elliottii
COMMON NAME:
Elliot's Indiangrass, Slender Indiangrass, Nodding Indiangrass
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_soel3_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_soel3_002_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm0510d_05
October Pickens County SC
Spikelets 6-7mm long, the awns 25-35mm long, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
COMPARE
fruit of Indiangrass species
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JK Marlow jkm0510d_17b
October Pickens County SC
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JK Marlow s071020_k
October Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow s071020_k2
October Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm111113_444
November Chester County SC
Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District
Panicle loose, nodding at apex, the filiform branchlets flexuous, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
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JK Marlow jkm111113_446
November Chester County SC
Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District
Culms more slender than S. nutans, without rhizomes, blades narrower, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
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JK Marlow jkm111113_449
November Chester County SC
Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District
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JK Marlow jkm111113_460
November Chester County SC
Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District
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JK Marlow jkm111113_467
November Chester County SC
Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District
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Bill Stringer wcssorgastelliot_headb
November Pickens County SC
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Sorghastrum elliottii
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sorghastrum elliottii
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-89-003:
Sorghastrum elliottii
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Sorghastrum elliottii
2032
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common in Coastal Plain & Carolina Piedmont (uncommon elsewhere)
Look for it in woodlands and forests, river-scour areas, including oak-hickory forests and woodlands over mafic rocks, 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
Mostly low alternate, 2-ranked
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Spikelets chestnut-brown
Inflorescence a panicle of racemes
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Grain reddish
Grain
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Manual of the Grasses of the United States p777
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p142
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p401
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p097