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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Panicum amarulum
FAMILY
Poaceae
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Learn more about Panicum from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Panicum amarum var. amarulum
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)
Panicum amarum ssp. amarulum
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-81-007:
Panicum amarulum FAMILY Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum amarulum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Panicum amarulum
COMMON NAME:
Southern Seabeach Grass, Bitter Panicgrass
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_paam6_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_paam6_002_lhd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Panicum amarulum
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Panicum amarum var. amarulum
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Panicum amarum ssp. amarulum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-81-007:
Panicum amarulum
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum amarulum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Panicum amarulum
3893
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Habitat: Coastal dunes and shores, sand-flats, and longleaf pine sandhills, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked (plants lacking a rosette of overwintering basal leaves)
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomes short, stout (plants in clumps)
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Inflorescence a panicle
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Grain
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p490
- Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950) p699
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