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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Agrostis elliottiana
FAMILY
Poaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Agrostis elliottiana
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Agrostis elliottiana
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-46-003:
Agrostis elliottiana FAMILY Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Agrostis elliottiana
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Agrostis elliottiana
COMMON NAME:
Elliott's Bentgrass, Southern Bentgrass
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_agel4_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_agel4_002_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Agrostis elliottiana
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Agrostis elliottiana
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Agrostis elliottiana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-46-003:
Agrostis elliottiana
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Agrostis elliottiana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Agrostis elliottiana
2681
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Annual
Habitat: Dry soils of barrens, fields, and rock outcrops, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon (rare in Coastal Plain) (rare in GA Mountains)
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LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly low alternate, 2-ranked
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Inflorescence a panicle
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Grain yellowish
Grain
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