Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Setaria corrugata
FAMILY
Poaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Setaria from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Setaria corrugata
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-68-006:
Setaria corrugata
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Setaria corrugata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Chaetochloa corrugata
COMMON NAME:
coastal bristlegrass
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_seco4_001_lvd
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Keith Bradley kab_s_corrugata_8155
October Calhoun County SC
Congaree Bluffs Heritage Preserve
Bristles green or purple, to 2cm long - much exceeding the spikelets, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
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Keith Bradley kab_s_corrugata_8155b
October Calhoun County SC
Congaree Bluffs Heritage Preserve
Bristles 1-3 below each spikelet, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Setaria corrugata
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Setaria corrugata
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-68-006:
Setaria corrugata
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Setaria corrugata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Chaetochloa corrugata
3698
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Annual
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common
Look for it in pinelands, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Cespitose [growing in dense tufts, clumping]
FLOWER:
Fall
Bristles greenish or purplish
Inflorescence a dense, spikelike panicle
FRUIT:
Fall
Grain dark
Grain
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