Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Eragrostis hirsuta
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eragrostis hirsuta
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 029-11-009:
Eragrostis hirsuta
FAMILY
Poaceae
GREATER THAN
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Eragrostis hirsuta var. hirsuta
GREATER THAN
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Eragrostis hirsuta var. laevivaginata
COMMON NAME:
Bigtop Lovegrass
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_erhi_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_erhi_002_lhd
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_eragrostis_hirsuta_1
September Lincoln County NC
Panicle about 2/3-3/4 height of plant, profusely branched, and not purple, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_eragrostis_hirsuta_2
September Lincoln County NC
Blades flat elongate, 5-10mm wide, becoming more or less involute, tapering, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.