Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
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.
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PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Elymus glabriflorus
FAMILY
Poaceae
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Steyermark's Flora of Missouri (Yatskievych, 1999)
Elymus virginicus var. glabriflorus
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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
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Elymus glabriflorus +
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Elymus glabriflorus
FAMILY
Poaceae
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
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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
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