Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Aristida purpurascens
FAMILY
Poaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Aristida from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Aristida purpurascens var. purpurascens
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)
Aristida purpurascens var. purpurascens
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-38-010:
Aristida purpurascens FAMILY Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Aristida purpurascens
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aristida purpurascens
COMMON NAME:
Arrowfeather, Arrowfeather Three-awn
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_arpu8_002_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm230228_1315
February Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
Leaves 15-30cm long and 1-2mm wide, curling with age and forming ringlets, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm230228_1316
February Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
Awns divergent, 10-25mm long, central awn ascending, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm230228_1317
February Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
Spikelets with 3 straight to spreading awns, 12-25mm long, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm0510f_22
October Oconee County SC
Field
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JK Marlow s081026_b
October Oconee County SC
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JK Marlow jkm0411e_25
November York County SC
Blackjacks Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm231114_6838
November Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Aristida purpurascens
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Aristida purpurascens var. purpurascens
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Aristida purpurascens var. purpurascens
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-38-010:
Aristida purpurascens
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Aristida purpurascens
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aristida purpurascens
2280
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Habitat: Dry habitats, especially in dry sandy or rocky soils, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain & Carolina Piedmont, uncommon in GA Piedmont, rare in Mountains
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LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly low alternate, 2-ranked
FLOWER:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Panicle greenish
Inflorescence a panicle
FRUIT:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Grain olive
Grain
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005) p204
- Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950) p478
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