Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Dinebra panicea ssp. mucronata
FAMILY
Poaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Leptochloa panicea ssp. mucronata
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Dinebra panicea ssp. mucronata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)
Leptochloa panicea ssp. mucronata
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas (Correll & Johnston, 1970)
Leptochloa filiformis
COMMON NAME:
Red Spangletop
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_leat_001_lvd
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Keith Bradley kab_d_panicea_mucron_0985
May Miami-Dade County FL
Panicle of numerous approximate slender racemes, ~ half the length of culm, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Dinebra panicea ssp. mucronata
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Leptochloa panicea ssp. mucronata
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Dinebra panicea ssp. mucronata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Leptochloa panicea ssp. mucronata
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas (Correll & Johnston, 1970)
Leptochloa filiformis
3925
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Annual/Perennial
Habitat: Sandy shores, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Native to Alabama
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked, occasionally in basal rosettes
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Inflorescences terminal panicles of spikelike branches
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Grain
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