Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Holcus lanatus
FAMILY
Poaceae
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Learn more about Velvet-grass from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Holcus lanatus
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-29-001:
Holcus lanatus
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Holcus lanatus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Notholcus lanatus
COMMON NAME:
Velvet-grass
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_hola_002_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_nola2_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm0407t_32
July Mitchell County NC
The Roan Highlands
Panicle dense, branches spreading and ascending, villous. Spikelets 2-flowered, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm0407w_17
July Mitchell County NC
The Roan Highlands
The entire plant is grayish velvety-hairy and soft to the touch, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Holcus lanatus
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Holcus lanatus
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-29-001:
Holcus lanatus
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Holcus lanatus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Notholcus lanatus
695
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Annual
Non-native: Europe
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common (rare in SC)
Habitat: Moist to wet meadows, pastures, disturbed areas, roadsides, hedge-rows, sometimes invasive in bogs, fens, and other natural wetlands, per Weakley's Flora
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This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate, 2-ranked
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Spikelets purplish or greenish
Bisexual & staminate in the same spikelet
Inflorescence a panicle
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Grain yellowish
Grain
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