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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Festuca octoflora var. octoflora
FAMILY
Poaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
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.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vulpia octoflora var. octoflora
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Vulpia octoflora var. octoflora
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-18-002:
Festuca octoflora FAMILY Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Festuca octoflora var. octoflora
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Festuca octoflora
COMMON NAME:
Southern Six-weeks Fescue
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_feoc3_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_feoc3_002_lvd
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_vulpia_octoflora1
April Dare County NC
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_vulpia_octoflora2
April Dare County NC
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_v_octoflora_oct_0659
May Lincoln County NC
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_v_octoflora_oct_0663
May Lincoln County NC
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_v_octoflora_oct_0671
May Lincoln County NC
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_v_octoflora_oct_0671b
May Lincoln County NC
Lemma awns 0.3-6(9)mm long; spikelets w 5-11(-more) closely imbricate florets, per Weakley's Flora.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Festuca octoflora var. octoflora
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vulpia octoflora var. octoflora
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Vulpia octoflora var. octoflora
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-18-002:
Festuca octoflora
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Festuca octoflora var. octoflora
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Festuca octoflora
1961
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Annual
Habitat: Fields, roadsides, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (uncommon in Mountains of GA & SC) (uncommon in GA Piedmont)
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Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)
LEAVES:
Simple
Low alternate, 2-ranked
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
1 stamen
Inflorescence a panicle
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Grain red
Grain
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!