Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Cenchrus americanus
FAMILY
Poaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Cenchrus from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pennisetum glaucum
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cenchrus americanus
SYNONYMOUS WITH New combinations in Cenchrus (Paniceae, Poaceae) in Europe and the Mediterranean area (Verloove, 2012)
Cenchrus spicatus
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)
Pennisetum glaucum
INCLUDING Steyermark's Flora of Missouri (Yatskievych, 1999)
Pennisetum americanum ssp. americanum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of West Virginia (Strausbaugh & Core, 1978)
Setaria glauca
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-70-001:
Pennisetum glaucum FAMILY Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Pennisetum glaucum
(?) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Chaetochloa lutescens
COMMON NAME:
Pearl Millet
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_pegl2_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Cenchrus americanus
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pennisetum glaucum
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cenchrus americanus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
New combinations in Cenchrus (Paniceae, Poaceae) in Europe and the Mediterranean area (Verloove, 2012)
Cenchrus spicatus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Pennisetum glaucum
INCLUDING
Steyermark's Flora of Missouri (Yatskievych, 1999)
Pennisetum americanum ssp. americanum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of West Virginia (Strausbaugh & Core, 1978)
Setaria glauca
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-70-001:
Pennisetum glaucum
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Pennisetum glaucum
(?)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Chaetochloa lutescens
2038
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Annual
Habitat: Fallow fields, other disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Africa & tropical Asia
Uncommon in Coastal Plain of GA & SC (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Cespitose [growing in dense tufts, clumping]
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Inflorescence a dense, spikelike panicle
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Grain
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950) p727
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p145
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