Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Similar to native bristle basketgrass (Oplismenus hirtellus ssp. setarius), but the native's stems have few if any hairs, and its florets are a deeper purple. The native deer-tongue grass (Dichanthelium clandestinum) has similar hairy stems and sometimes rippled leaves, but it grows taller and in clumps. The exotic small carpetgrass (Arthraxon hispidus) has low-growing hairy stems and sometimes rippled leaves, but its leaves are heart-shaped at their base and clasp the stem. Read more in New Invaders of the Southeast.
Learn more about Wavyleaf Basketgrass from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
See how WLBG compares to small carpetgrass (Arthraxon hispidus) and Japanese stiltgrass (Microstegium vimineum) at A Wavyleaf Wannabe.
Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Oplismenus undulatifolius
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Oplismenus hirtellus ssp. undulatifolius
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
The genera of Paniceae (Gramineae: Panicoideae) in the se. US (Crins, 1991)
Oplismenus hirtellus
COMMON NAME:
Wavyleaf Basketgrass
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Kerrie L. Kyde, Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Bugwood.org bug_5389748_ppt
August? Prince George's County MD
Little Paint Branch Park
Leaf sheaths and culm axis are pilose with hairs 3-5mm long, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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Kerrie L. Kyde, Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Bugwood.org bug_5389750_ppt
August? Prince George's County MD
Little Paint Branch Park
Leaf length 2.5-10cm, the longest leaves with long-acuminate tips, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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Kerrie L. Kyde, Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Bugwood.org bug_5389751_ppt
September? MD
Florets pinkish w long sticky awns that readily adhere to animals & people, per New Invaders of the Southeast.
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Kerrie L. Kyde, Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Bugwood.org bug_5390042_ppt
September? MD
Typical plant growth habit in a closed-canopy mesic forest.
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Kerrie L. Kyde, Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Bugwood.org bug_5390043_ppt
December MD
After senescence, WLBG is still obvious in the forest in mid-December.