Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Disakisperma dubium
FAMILY
Poaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Leptochloa dubia
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Disakisperma dubium
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) A molecular phylogeny of Leptochloa (Poaceae: Chloridoideae: Chlorideae) (Peterson, 2012)
Disakisperma dubia
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)
Leptochloa dubia
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Leptochloa dubia
COMMON NAME:
Green Sprangletop
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_ledu_001_lhd
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Keith Bradley kab_d_dubia_09848
April Monroe County FL
Panicle of spreading or ascending racemes, approximate or somewhat distant, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).
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Keith Bradley kab_d_dubia_09850
April Monroe County FL
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Keith Bradley kab_d_dubia_09856
April Monroe County FL
Seedhead branches triangular in cross-section. Spikelets have 4-7 florets, per Yavapai County Native & Naturalized Plants.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Disakisperma dubium
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Leptochloa dubia
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Disakisperma dubium
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
A molecular phylogeny of Leptochloa (Poaceae: Chloridoideae: Chlorideae) (Peterson, 2012)
Disakisperma dubia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Leptochloa dubia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Leptochloa dubia
3926
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Habitat: Coastal rock barrens (s. FL), rocky slopes, hammocks, disturbed areas (including as a waif at wool-combing mills and ballast sites), per Weakley's Flora
Native: south Florida, Southwest US, into Central & South America
Waif(s)
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked, occasionally in basal rosettes
FLOWER:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Spikelets green or brown
Inflorescences terminal panicles of spikelike branches
FRUIT:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
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