Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Cenchrus brownii
FAMILY
Poaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cenchrus brownii
FAMILY
Poaceae
(?)
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Cenchrus brownii
(?) (MISAPPLIED)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cenchrus viridis
COMMON NAME:
Slimbristle Sandspur
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_cebr_001_lhd
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Keith Bradley kab_cenchrus_brownii_3010
December Monroe County FL
Dove Creek Hammocks
Fascicles burlike; rachis internodes 0.8-1.7mm long, per Utah State University: Intermountain Herbarium.
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Keith Bradley kab_cenchrus_brownii_3023
December Monroe County FL
Dove Creek Hammocks
Most outer bristles equaling or slightly exceeding inner, flattened bristles, per Utah State University: Intermountain Herbarium.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Cenchrus brownii
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cenchrus brownii
FAMILY
Poaceae
(?)
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Cenchrus brownii
(?) (MISAPPLIED)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cenchrus viridis
3954
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Annual
Native? Non-native? West Indies, Central America, n. South America
Documented growing wild in GA NC -
Waif(s)
Habitat: Disturbed areas, maritime grasslands, per Weakley's Flora
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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Spikelets subtended by an involucre of spines and/or bristles fused into a bur
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Inflorescence a raceme
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Grain
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