Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/8/20):
Sporobolus jacquemontii
FAMILY
Poaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sporobolus indicus var. pyramidalis
FAMILY
Poaceae
(?) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sporobolus berteroanus
INCLUDED WITHIN -
Sporobolus pyramidalis
COMMON NAME:
West Indian Dropseed
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Keith Bradley kab_s_jacquemontii_71772
June Monroe County FL
Culms 40-100cm. Blades 10-40cm long, 2-4mm wide, tapering to a fine point, per Grass Manual on the Web.
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Keith Bradley kab_s_jacquemontii_4139
August Miami-Dade County FL
Primary branches appressed to strongly ascending, spikelet-bearing to base, per Grass Manual on the Web.
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Keith Bradley kab_s_jacquemontii_4142
August Miami-Dade County FL
Panicles 14-35cm long, 0.4-3cm wide, contracted, interrupted, and rather lax, per Grass Manual on the Web.
COMPARE
seedheads of Sporobolus species
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/8/20):
Sporobolus jacquemontii
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sporobolus indicus var. pyramidalis
FAMILY
Poaceae
(?)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sporobolus berteroanus
INCLUDED WITHIN
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Sporobolus pyramidalis
4088
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Habitat: pine flatwoods, beaches, roadsides on barrier islands, per Weakley's Flora
Native? New World tropics & subtropics & ? the exact extent of the range unclear
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LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly basal
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Densely cespitose [growing in dense tufts, clumping], not rhizomatous
FLOWER:
Inflorescence a spikelike panicle
FRUIT:
Utricle
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