Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Sporobolus compositus var. compositus
FAMILY
Poaceae
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The name S. compositus has nomenclatural priority over the more traditionally familiar S. asper, per Weakley's Flora (2023).
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sporobolus compositus var. compositus
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Sporobolus compositus var. compositus
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)
Sporobolus compositus var. compositus
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Sporobolus compositus var. compositus
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Sporobolus asper var. asper
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sporobolus asper
COMMON NAME:
Tall Dropseed
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_spas_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_spas_002_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Sporobolus compositus var. compositus
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sporobolus compositus var. compositus
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Sporobolus compositus var. compositus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Sporobolus compositus var. compositus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Sporobolus compositus var. compositus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Sporobolus asper var. asper
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sporobolus asper
4336
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Habitat: diabase glades and barrens, limestone glades and barrens, disturbed areas over diabase or calcareous rocks, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Rare
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate, not 2-ranked
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Inflorescence a spikelike panicle
FRUIT:
Utricle
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