Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Chasmanthium from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Chasmanthium laxum
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Chasmanthium laxum
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-10-001:
Uniola laxa
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Uniola laxa
COMMON NAME:
Slender Woodoats, Slender Spikegrass
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July Pickens County SC
Spikelets flat and nearly sessile, with 1-4 fertile and 1 sterile flower, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
JK Marlow jkm0510b_01
October Greenville County SC
Similar to C. sessiliflorum except sheaths hairless, blades 3-6mm wide, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
JK Marlow s051015_d
October Greenville County SC
Collar (junction of leaf & sheath) glabrous or nearly so, leaves 3-7mm wide, per Weakley's Flora.