2038

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Annual

Non-native: Africa & tropical Asia

Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Rare

Look for it in fallow fields, other disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall

Inflorescence a dense, spikelike panicle

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Grain

 

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

• Manual of the Grasses of the United States p727
• Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p145

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Cenchrus americanus   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pennisetum glaucum   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH New combinations in Cenchrus (Paniceae, Poaceae) in Europe and the Mediterranean area (Verloove, 2012)
Cenchrus spicatus

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