Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Mnesithea rugosa
FAMILY
Poaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Coelorachis rugosa
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-82-001:
Manisuris rugosa
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Manisuris rugosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Manisuris rugosa
COMMON NAME:
Wrinkled Jointgrass
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_coru3_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_maru5_001_lvd
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Keith Bradley kab_c_rugosa_71558
October Miami-Dade County FL
Inflorescence section, with ridged spikelets.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Mnesithea rugosa
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Coelorachis rugosa
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-82-001:
Manisuris rugosa
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Manisuris rugosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Manisuris rugosa
3956
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in GA Coastal Plain, uncommon in SC (rare elsewhere in GA-NC), endemic
Habitat: Limesink ponds (dolines), depression meadows, clay-based Carolina bays, wet pine savannas, wet pine flatwoods, marl prairies, disturbed areas (such as seeps in powerline rights-of-way), always in places with a seasonally high water-table, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly alternate, 2-ranked
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Inflorescences terminal and axillary spikes
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Grain
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