Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Sphenopholis obtusata
FAMILY
Poaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sphenopholis obtusata
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Sphenopholis obtusata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 24 (2007)
Sphenopholis obtusata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Sphenopholis obtusata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Sphenopholis obtusata var. obtusata
INCLUDED WITHIN Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Sphenopholis 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 OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Sphenopholis obtusata
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sphenopholis obtusata
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Sphenopholis obtusata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 24
Sphenopholis obtusata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Sphenopholis obtusata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Sphenopholis obtusata var. obtusata
INCLUDED WITHIN
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Sphenopholis 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
Habitat: forests, roadsides, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (uncommon in Mountains)
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate, 2-ranked
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Inflorescence a panicle, usually narrow & dense
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Grain yellowish
Grain
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