Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Sporobolus clandestinus
FAMILY
Poaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Sporobolus from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sporobolus clandestinus
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2011)
Sporobolus compositus var. clandestinus
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-44-007:
Sporobolus clandestinus FAMILY Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Sporobolus clandestinus
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sporobolus clandestinus
COMMON NAME:
Rough Dropseed
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_spcl_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_spcl_002_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm061112_031
November Union County SC
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JK Marlow jkm061112_058062
November Union County SC
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JK Marlow jkm081102_023
November Columbia County GA
S. clandestinus and S. compositus are closely related, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
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JK Marlow jkm081102_031
November Columbia County GA
Panicle narrow, contracted, 5-10cm long, usually partly enclosed, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).
COMPARE
seedheads of Sporobolus species
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JK Marlow jkm081102_034
November Columbia County GA
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JK Marlow jkm081102_080
November Columbia County GA
Spikelets 4-8mm. Lemma pubescent, usually conspicuously shorter than palea, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
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JK Marlow jkm081102_083
November Columbia County GA
There is a ribbon-like, on-again-off-again, appearance to the herbage.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Sporobolus clandestinus
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sporobolus clandestinus
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2011)
Sporobolus compositus var. clandestinus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-44-007:
Sporobolus clandestinus
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Sporobolus clandestinus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sporobolus clandestinus
2456
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Habitat: Glades, barrens, and thin soil of woodlands, also in dry sands and pine rocklands, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate, not 2-ranked
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Panicle usually purplish
Inflorescence a spikelike panicle
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Grain yellowish
Utricle
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