Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Sphenopholis obtusata
FAMILY
Poaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Sphenopholis from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sphenopholis obtusata
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
The Plants of Pennsylvania (Rhoads & Block, 2007)
Sphenopholis obtusata var. obtusata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Sphenopholis obtusata var. obtusata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-31-005:
Sphenopholis obtusata
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sphenopholis obtusata
COMMON NAME:
Prairie Wedgegrass
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_spob_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_spob_003_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_spob_005_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Sphenopholis obtusata
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sphenopholis obtusata
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
The Plants of Pennsylvania (Rhoads & Block, 2007)
Sphenopholis obtusata var. obtusata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Sphenopholis obtusata var. obtusata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-31-005:
Sphenopholis obtusata
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sphenopholis obtusata
4335
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common
Look for it in forests, roadsides, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate, 2-ranked
FLOWER:
Inflorescence a panicle, usually narrow & dense
FRUIT:
Grain yellowish
Grain
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