NameThatPlant.net: Erianthus brevibarbis

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Erianthus brevibarbis FAMILY Poaceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Learn more about Erianthus from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

Awn twisting is judged from dry material, either herbarium specimens, mature (and dry) material in the field. With material that is not fully dry, a good life hack is to leave all or part of an inflorescence on the dashboard of a car to dry, per Weakley's Flora (2023).

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Saccharum brevibarbe var. brevibarbe FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)

Saccharum brevibarbe var. brevibarbe

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-85-004:

Erianthus brevibarbis FAMILY Poaceae

INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)

Erianthus coarctatus var. coarctatus

INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)

Erianthus coarctatus var. elliottianus

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Erianthus brevibarbis

COMMON NAME:
Short-beard Plumegrass

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image of Erianthus brevibarbis, Short-beard Plumegrass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_erbr2_001_lvd

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_erbr2_002_lvd

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_ercoe2_001_lvd

Keith Bradley kab_s_breviba_brevib_4237

September Chester County SC

Keith Bradley kab_s_breviba_brevib_4243

September Chester County SC

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Erianthus brevibarbis FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Saccharum brevibarbe var. brevibarbe FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Saccharum brevibarbe var. brevibarbe

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-85-004:
Erianthus brevibarbis FAMILY Poaceae

INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Erianthus coarctatus var. coarctatus

INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Erianthus coarctatus var. elliottianus

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Erianthus brevibarbis

2532

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: marshes, ditches, per Weakley's Flora

Native to South Carolina & Georgia

Uncommon

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LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly alternate, 2-ranked

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Panicle tawny or purplish

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Grain reddish
Grain

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