Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Amphicarpum amphicarpon
FAMILY
Poaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Amphicarpum purshii
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-67-001:
Amphicarpum purshii
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Amphicarpum purshii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Amphicarpon amphicarpon
COMMON NAME:
Pinebarrens Peanut-grass, Pinebarrens Goober-grass, New Jersey Goober-grass
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_amam_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_ampu6_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm060423_122
April SC
Francis Marion National Forest
Leaf blades hirsute on both surfaces, margins ciliate; sheaths hirsute, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm060423_122b
April SC
Francis Marion National Forest
Leaf blade surfaces hirsute with pustular-based hairs, margins ciliate, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm060423_123
April SC
Francis Marion National Forest
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Amphicarpum amphicarpon
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Amphicarpum purshii
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-67-001:
Amphicarpum purshii
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Amphicarpum purshii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Amphicarpon amphicarpon
2087
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial? Annual?
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Uncommon (rare in GA)
Habitat: Wet, peaty, open soils, especially peat-burns in pocosin edges, primarily in the outer Coastal Plain, responding strongly to fire, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly low alternate, 2-ranked
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Grain yellowish
Grain
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