Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Piptochaetium from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Piptochaetium avenaceum
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Piptochaetium avenaceum
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-37-001:
Stipa avenacea
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Stipa avenacea
COMMON NAME:
Green Needlegrass, Blackseed Needlegrass, Eastern Needlegrass, Black Oatgrass
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_stav_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_stav_002_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm0403i_28
March Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm0404w_27
April Greenville County SC
Roadside
Panicle open and 10-15cm long, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
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JK Marlow jkm0404zc_23
April Greenville County SC
Roadside
Each floret has an outer bract (lemma) & inner bract (palea) & naked flower, per How to Know the Grasses by R.W. Pohl.
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JK Marlow jkm0404zc_26
April Greenville County SC
Roadside
Panicle's slender branches 2-4cm long, each bearing 1 or 2 spikelets, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
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JK Marlow jkm0504b_05
April Greenville County SC
Roadside
Blades 20-30cm long, 1mm wide, flat or involute, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
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JK Marlow jkm130406_943b
April Aiken County SC
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JK Marlow jkm0505c_35
May Pickens County SC
Clemson Forest
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JK Marlow jkm0505c_35b
May Pickens County SC
Clemson Forest
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JK Marlow jkm0505h_02
May Greenville County SC
Field
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JK Marlow jkm070520_038
May Greenville County SC
Glumes 1.5cm long; lemma dark brown, 9-10mm long; awn 4.5-6cm long, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
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JK Marlow jkm090523_026
May Pickens County SC
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JK Marlow jkm090523_026b
May Pickens County SC
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JK Marlow jkm090523_026c
May Pickens County SC
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JK Marlow s040505_b
May Greenville County SC
Roadside
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JK Marlow s040525_b
May Greenville County SC
Roadside
Awns twisted, 4-6 cm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.