Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Elymus glabriflorus +
FAMILY
Poaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
This species was resurrected by J.J.N. Campbell in 2000, so botanists are now figuring out how best to tell it from E. virginicus, per the Vascular Plants of North Carolina website.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Elymus glabriflorus
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Elymus glabriflorus
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 24 (2007)
Elymus glabriflorus
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Elymus virginicus var. virginicus
INCLUDED WITHIN Steyermark's Flora of Missouri (Yatskievych, 1999)
Elymus virginicus var. glabriflorus
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-25-002?:
Elymus virginicus FAMILY Poaceae
COMMON NAME:
Southeastern Wild-rye
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_elau2_001_lvd
Elymus glabriflorus var. australis
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_elgl3_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Elymus glabriflorus +
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Elymus glabriflorus
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Elymus glabriflorus
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 24
Elymus glabriflorus
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Elymus virginicus var. virginicus
INCLUDED WITHIN
Steyermark's Flora of Missouri (Yatskievych, 1999)
Elymus virginicus var. glabriflorus
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-25-002?:
Elymus virginicus
FAMILY
Poaceae
4334
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common or uncommon - depending on variety
Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Cespitose [growing in dense tufts, clumping], with short rhizomes
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Grain reddish
Grain
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
If a search such as "Carex leptalea var. leptalea" doesn't deliver the results you want, try "Carex leptalea".
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