Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
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Our annual species of Festuca are by some authors placed in the genus Vulpia; they have a single stamen (vs. perennial with 3 stamens) per the Vascular Plants of North Carolina website.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Festuca myuros
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vulpia myuros
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Vulpia myuros
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-18-001:
Festuca myuros
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Festuca myuros
COMMON NAME:
Rat-tail Fescue
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_femy2_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_femy2_002_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm090608_007
June Greenville County SC
Panicle narrow, 5-20cm long, 1-2cm broad; branches appressed-ascending, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm090608_014
June Greenville County SC
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June Greenville County SC
Culms 10-70cm tall. Leaves to 15cm x 0.5-1.2mm; blades and sheaths glabrous, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.