Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Sporobolus compositus var. compositus
FAMILY
Poaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Sporobolus from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sporobolus compositus var. compositus
FAMILY
Poaceae
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 (2/8/20):
Sporobolus compositus var. compositus
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sporobolus compositus var. compositus
FAMILY
Poaceae
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
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Rare
Look for it in diabase glades and barrens, limestone glades and barrens, disturbed areas over diabase or calcareous rocks, 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, not 2-ranked
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Inflorescence a spikelike panicle
FRUIT:
Utricle
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