Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Eustachys petraea
FAMILY
Poaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eustachys petraea
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-55-003:
Chloris petraea
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Chloris petraea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Chloris petraea
COMMON NAME:
Dune Fingergrass, Pinewoods Fingergrass
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_chpe8_001_lvd
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Keith Bradley kab_e_petraea_08539
April Miami-Dade County FL
3-6 spikes arise at about the same point at stem end. Stems often decumbent, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States.
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Keith Bradley kab_e_petraea_71533
October Miami-Dade County FL
Spikelets closely arranged on 2 sides of a 3-sided spike, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States.
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Keith Bradley kab_e_petraea_71535
October Miami-Dade County FL
Lemma mucronate, short-ciliate on the nerves, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Eustachys petraea
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eustachys petraea
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-55-003:
Chloris petraea
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Chloris petraea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Chloris petraea
3936
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Habitat: dune slacks and sand flats, also in disturbed areas (especially southward), per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate, distinctly 2-ranked
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomes short
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Flowers in spikes
FRUIT:
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