Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Eragrostis elliottii
FAMILY
Poaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eragrostis elliottii
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-11-014:
Eragrostis elliottii
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Eragrostis elliottii
COMMON NAME:
Elliott's Lovegrass
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_erel_001_lhd
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Keith Bradley kab_e_elliottii_71531
October Miami-Dade County FL
Spikelets linear, mostly 8-15 flowered, 5-12mm; lemmas closely imbricate, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Eragrostis elliottii
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eragrostis elliottii
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-11-014:
Eragrostis elliottii
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Eragrostis elliottii
3947
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Habitat: Ultisol wet pine savannas, maritime wet grasslands, inland edges of brackish marshes, inland edges of freshwater tidal marshes, calcareously-influenced wet pine savannas, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Simple
Leaves primarily low alternate, 2-ranked
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Spikelets with dark margins and light centers
Inflorescence a loose open panicle
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Grain reddish
Grain
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