4063

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Annual

Non-native: India

Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Uncommon

Look for it in low fields, ditches, per Weakley's Flora

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...Wet

LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & low alternate, 2-ranked

RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Cespitose [growing in dense tufts, clumping]

FLOWER:
Fall
Inflorescence a panicle or raceme

FRUIT:
Fall
Grain yellowish

 

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

• Manual of the Grasses of the United States p710
• Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p144

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Sacciolepis indica   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sacciolepis indica   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-80-002:
Sacciolepis indica   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Sacciolepis indica