Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Sporobolus indicus
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 indicus var. indicus
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)
Sporobolus indicus
INCLUDING VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-44-005:
Sporobolus poiretii FAMILY Poaceae
INCLUDING Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Sporobolus indicus
INCLUDING Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Sporobolus poiretii
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sporobolus berteroanus
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sporobolus indicus
COMMON NAME:
Smut-grass, Blackseed
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_sppo2_001_lvd
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USDA / Selected Weeds of the US. 1970 swus_page_089
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Glen Peterson gkp_7902_grass
August Spartanburg County SC
Leaves primarily basal, plant cespitose [tufted in clumps], per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Glen Peterson gkp_7917_flowers
August Spartanburg County SC
Sporobolus is one of many genera with one floret per spikelet, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).
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Glen Peterson gkp_7920_leaf
August Spartanburg County SC
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Glen Peterson gkp_7959_ligule
August Spartanburg County SC
Ligules less than 0.1mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Glen Peterson gkp_7968_15mm
August Spartanburg County SC
Healthy panicles are greenish when mature, turning light tan upon drying, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).
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Glen Peterson gkp_7987_7mm
August Spartanburg County SC
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JK Marlow jkm081101_030
November Greenwood County SC
Roadside
Panicle usually spikelike but more or less interrupted, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).
COMPARE
seedheads of Sporobolus species
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Sporobolus indicus
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sporobolus indicus var. indicus
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Sporobolus indicus
INCLUDING
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-44-005:
Sporobolus poiretii
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Sporobolus indicus
INCLUDING
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Sporobolus poiretii
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sporobolus berteroanus
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sporobolus indicus
2753
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Habitat: Low prairies and swales, roadsides, lawns, disturbed situations, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia?
Common (its original distribution obscured by its weedy capabilities)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & low alternate, not 2-ranked
FLOWER:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Panicle dark green
Inflorescence a panicle, usually spikelike
FRUIT:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Grain reddish
Utricle
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) p260
- Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950) p418
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p147
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