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Redtop Panicgrass needs another name! Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Coleataenia rigidula ssp. rigidula
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Panicum rigidulum var. rigidulum
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Guide to the Vascular Plants of the Blue Ridge (Wofford, 1989)
Panicum rigidulum var. rigidulum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-81-004a:
Panicum agrostoides var. agrostoides
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum agrostoides var. agrostoides
COMMON NAME:
Redtop Panicgrass
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Gill Newberry gn09_p_agrostoides_flower
September
Spikelets greeinish-purple, attached on 1 side of the panicle branches, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
Gill Newberry gn09_p_agrostoides_habit
September
Leaf blades erect, folded at base, flat above, 20-50cm long, 5-12mm wide, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
Gill Newberry gn09_p_agrostoides_inf
September
Inflorescence a narrow, pyramidal panicle, 4-12" tall, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.