Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Urochloa ramosa
FAMILY
Poaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Urochloa from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Urochloa ramosa
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Urochloa ramosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)
Urochloa ramosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum ramosum
SYNONYMOUS WITH -
Brachiaria ramosa
COMMON NAME:
Browntop Millet, Dixie Signalgrass
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_para3_001_lhd
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JK Marlow jkm150724_517
July Pickens County SC
Doodle Trail
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JK Marlow jkm150724_528
July Pickens County SC
Doodle Trail
Has apparently been widely planted for wildlife food and erosion control in SE, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm150724_529
July Pickens County SC
Doodle Trail
Panicles of asending spikelike racemes along an angled axis, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).
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JK Marlow jkm150724_529b
July Pickens County SC
Doodle Trail
Spikelets borne singly in each row, 2-4mm long, per Weakley's Flora.
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Gill Newberry gn09_u_ramosa_millet
September
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Gill Newberry gn09_urochoa_ramosa
September
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Urochloa ramosa
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Urochloa ramosa
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Urochloa ramosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Urochloa ramosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum ramosum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
-
Brachiaria ramosa
3544
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Annual/Perennial
Habitat: Disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Tropical Africa & Asia
Uncommon in Coastal Plain of GA & SC, uncommon in NC Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Spikelets green, tawny or dull brown
Inflorescence a panicle of ascending spikelike racemes along an angled axis
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Grain
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