Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Phanopyrum gymnocarpon
FAMILY
Poaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Phanopyrum gymnocarpon
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-81-015:
Panicum gymnocarpon
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum gymnocarpon
COMMON NAME:
Swamp Phanopyrum, Savanna Phanopyrum, Savanna Panicgrass
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Keith Bradley kab_p_gymnocarpon_06400
March Collier County FL
Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park
Panicles of several to many stiffly ascending racemes along a main axis, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Phanopyrum gymnocarpon
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Phanopyrum gymnocarpon
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-81-015:
Panicum gymnocarpon
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum gymnocarpon
2252
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Annual
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Habitat: swamps, seasonally flooded soils of cypress-gum sloughs, tidal (freshwater) cypress-gum swamps, disturbed wet soils, low woods, ditches, muddy banks of streams and lakes, sinks, floodplains, and marshes, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Inflorescence a panicle
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Grain purplish
Grain
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