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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Coleataenia anceps ssp. rhizomata
FAMILY
Poaceae
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Learn more about Coleataenia from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Panicum anceps
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Coleataenia anceps
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)
Panicum anceps ssp. rhizomatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-81-001b:
Panicum anceps var. rhizomatum FAMILY Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum rhizomatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Panicum rhizomatum
COMMON NAME:
Small Beaked Panicum, Small Beaked Panicgrass
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_paan_001_lvd
The leaves of ssp. rhizomata tend to be hairier than those of ssp. anceps, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_parh3_001_lhd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Coleataenia anceps ssp. rhizomata
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Panicum anceps
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Coleataenia anceps
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Panicum anceps ssp. rhizomatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-81-001b:
Panicum anceps var. rhizomatum
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum rhizomatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Panicum rhizomatum
3899
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Habitat: Moist to dry sandy or loamy pinelands, maritime forests, ditches, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain (rare in Piedmont)
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate, 2-ranked
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomatous
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Spikelets light green
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Grain purplish, blackish
Grain
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