Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Eragrostis elliottii
FAMILY
Poaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eragrostis elliottii
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Eragrostis elliottii
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)
Eragrostis elliottii
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
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
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 (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Eragrostis elliottii
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eragrostis elliottii
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Eragrostis elliottii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Eragrostis elliottii
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
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Eragrostis elliottii
3947
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
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
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in GA Coastal Plain (uncommon in Carolinas)
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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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